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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Becky's house?
(a) In the center of town.
(b) On a farm.
(c) Next to the railroad tracks.
(d) In a forest.

2. How does the narrator describe Carma's story?
(a) The finest love story.
(b) A dastardly debacle.
(c) The crudest melodrama.
(d) The saddest tragedy.

3. To what are the woman's muscles in "Face" compared?
(a) A rippling river.
(b) The hard ground.
(c) A stone.
(d) A cluster of grapes.

4. What animals were described as searching for water?
(a) Birds.
(b) Rats.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

5. The poem "Evening Song" is an ode to whom?
(a) Fern.
(b) Karintha.
(c) Becky.
(d) Cloine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the speaker and Fern when they are together in the cornfield?

2. The Song of the Son is a song about whom?

3. When contemplating what sort of life Fern might have, how does the author compare love to prejudice?

4. Within the "Song of the Son," to what are slaves compared?

5. What color is the hair of the old woman described in "Face"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Becky treated after it is found that she is pregnant with a black man's child?

2. What effect does the smoke have on Karintha's surroundings the day that she gives birth to her child?

3. How does Becky survive without the ability to work on her own?

4. What does the speaker ultimately decide to do about his hunger in "Harvest Song"?

5. Why might the author have chosen to describe Cloine while sleeping in "Evening Song"?

6. What references to the black slave experience do we see in "Portrait in Georgia"?

7. What is the purpose of the "Song of the Son"?

8. Why won't Muriel go with Dan?

9. Why might the author use the formatting device of scripting the characters' thoughts in "Theater"?

10. According to Helen, why are girls fascinated with Paul?

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