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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. After her first baby was born, how did the townspeople react towards Becky?
(a) They shunned Becky.
(b) They adopted the child.
(c) They threw Becky a baby shower.
(d) They offered assistance to Becky.

2. What did the townspeople secretly bring Becky?
(a) Tools.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Their problems.

3. With what does the poem "Nullo" primarily deal?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Fire.
(d) Silence.

4. During the boll weevil infestation, where was there no water?
(a) The pipes.
(b) The streams.
(c) The wells.
(d) The rivers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sons did Becky have?

2. According to the "Song of the Son," where ought we pour our soul?

3. What recurring dream does Esther have about her father's store?

4. To what type of tree does the poem "Nullo" refer?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the older generation view the blooming of the November Cotton Flower?

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

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

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

6. How is Christ described in "Calling Jesus"?

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

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

9. Why does the speaker refer to Avey as a cow?

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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