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

2. What recurring dream does Esther have about her father's store?
(a) That it crumbles to the ground.
(b) That it is on fire.
(c) That it is broken into.
(d) That she and Barlo own it.

3. What do the cotton song's lyrics reference?
(a) Judgment Day.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

4. What are reapers' relationships to scythes?
(a) They cut with them.
(b) They use them as tools.
(c) They sharpen them.
(d) They attach to them.

5. At twenty-two, how does Esther decide that she feels about Barlo?
(a) She is disgusted by him.
(b) She is dependent upon him.
(c) She hates him.
(d) She loves him.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the cotton song, what is the salvation of Judgment Day?

2. After her first baby was born, how did the townspeople react towards Becky?

3. As an a adult, how does Karintha feel about men?

4. Upon which of Cloine's body parts is the speaker fixated?

5. What specifically is stated as not happening in the forest in "Nullo"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the speaker asking of God in "Prayer"?

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

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

4. Given the content of the poem "Conversion," how might the author feel about the process of conversion?

5. How do men treat Karintha as a child?

6. How does Dorris feel about the theater manager's brother, John?

7. Why might the author choose to describe the pine forest in "Nullo"?

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

9. What does Fern do with her days?

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

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