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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. What specifically is stated as not happening in the forest in "Nullo"?
(a) It is not on fire.
(b) It is not raining.
(c) There are no people.
(d) It is not windy.

2. In "Conversion", how is the Christian god physically described?
(a) Tall.
(b) White.
(c) Grotesque.
(d) Fat.

3. Where does the whistle mark the end of the day's shift?
(a) The cotton plant.
(b) The bakery.
(c) The sawmill.
(d) The factory.

4. What happens to the speaker and Fern when they are together in the cornfield?
(a) Fern begins to undress.
(b) The speaker attacks Fern as the townspeople look on.
(c) They make love.
(d) Fern faints and begins to convulse.

5. The Song of the Son is a song about whom?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Barlo.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Evening Song", to what is Cloine compared?

2. At what age does the smoke hang in the air for so long that people can taste it in the water?

3. How many times has Karintha been married?

4. To what are the woman's muscles in "Face" compared?

5. What kind of songs are being sung in the cotton fields by field workers in "Georgia Dusk"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do men react after being rejected by Fern?

2. What are the "reapers" in the poem of the same name?

3. What was the physical effect on the land of the boll weevil infestation?

4. What does the speaker hope might come of slavery in "Song of the Son"?

5. What seems to be the overall emotional impression of the woman described in "Face"?

6. How do men treat Karintha as a child?

7. How does the author describe both the African and Christian God in "Conversion"?

8. How does the author describe the forest in "Nullo"?

9. What is Bob Stone's prime objection to a relationship between Louisa and Tom?

10. According to the poem "Cotton Song," what must a man do in order to be judged kindly on Judgment Day?

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