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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author visually contrast with the whitewashed streets of Washington in "Seventh Street"?
(a) Tar.
(b) Blood.
(c) Rum.
(d) Black skin.

2. Who brags about his knowledge of women and that he could "get" Avey if he wanted to?
(a) Ned.
(b) Tom.
(c) Bullo.
(d) Rhobert.

3. What type of bee is the speaker in "Beehive"?
(a) Queen.
(b) Honey.
(c) Drone.
(d) Worker.

4. What does Dan tell Muriel about love?
(a) That it does not exist.
(b) That it is all around them.
(c) That it lives in her heart.
(d) That it curls around them like smoke.

5. Whom does Rhobert leave behind when he dies?
(a) His parents.
(b) His wife and children.
(c) His wife.
(d) No one.

6. How is the rain dripping in "Storm Ending"?
(a) It is sprinkling.
(b) It is pouring.
(c) It is bleeding.
(d) It is galing.

7. What is John's relation to the theater manager?
(a) Son.
(b) Brother.
(c) Friend.
(d) Father.

8. What ethnicity is Paul?
(a) White.
(b) We do not find out.
(c) Black.
(d) Mixed.

9. How does Dorris describe John?
(a) Tall.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Fat.
(d) Skinny.

10. At what age does the speaker begin to tell the story of Avey?
(a) Middle age.
(b) High school.
(c) As a child.
(d) College.

11. Why does the speaker in "Harvest Song" beat his hands?
(a) He feels guilty.
(b) He is frustrated with his job.
(c) He hates his body.
(d) He wants to feel physical pain.

12. What does the speaker beat his hands against at the end of "Harvest Song"?
(a) A pile of oats.
(b) His head.
(c) The ground.
(d) His thighs.

13. What does the beehive represent?
(a) The universe.
(b) Georgia.
(c) The South.
(d) The brain.

14. Which dancer in the theater particularly appeals to John?
(a) Dorris.
(b) Dorothy.
(c) Karintha.
(d) Jane.

15. Who lives on Seventh Street?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Criminals.
(d) Whites.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which part of the woman's body in "Her Lips are Copper Wire" are the transmitters?

2. At what age, do we find the woman described in "Portrait in Georgia"?

3. Which field worker in "Blood-Burning Mood" is in love with Louisa?

4. Where do Louisa and Bob meet secretly?

5. How are the body and mind described in "Prayer"?

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