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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. As an a adult, how does Karintha feel about men?
(a) She fears them.
(b) She loves them.
(c) She needs them.
(d) She has contempt for them.

2. Of what are scythes made?
(a) Stone.
(b) Steel.
(c) Wood.
(d) Gold.

3. What is the woman described in "Face" doing?
(a) Thinking.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Crying.
(d) Crying.

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

5. How many sons did Becky have?
(a) 2.
(b) None.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the speaker feel about Cloine?

2. How is Carma described?

3. How do the men in Fern's city feel about her after the narrator begins to pay her attention?

4. Where was the cotton song sung?

5. At twenty-two, how does Esther decide that she feels about Barlo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why might Toomer have chosen to use the comparative descriptor of a flower when detailing the storm in "Storm Ending"?

4. Why might the author have used the little finger as a metaphor for his entire body in "Prayer"?

5. What does the house upon Rhobert's head represent?

6. Describe the woman in the poem "Face".

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

8. How does Rhobert feel about his personal struggles affecting his family?

9. Given the imagery in the poem "Portrait in Georgia", how might the author view the position of black Georgian residents?

10. Describe the procession of men leaving work as told in "Georgia Dusk."

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