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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 has Karintha's abuse in the past caused her to do?
(a) Wilt like a flower.
(b) Love like a lamb
(c) Sink in the sand.
(d) Ripen too soon.

2. How is the soil described in "Song of the Son"?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Red.

3. After her wild behavior, who defends Karintha?
(a) Her teacher.
(b) The preacher.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her boyfriend.

4. Within the "Song of the Son," to what are slaves compared?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Apples.
(d) Plums.

5. To what does the speaker compare another birth in the family line in "Song of the Son"?
(a) A royal crown.
(b) A plum seed.
(c) A bird's nest.
(d) A tree leaf.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Carma described?

2. Which celestial orb does the author use in "Evening Song" to describe Cloine?

3. Where does the whistle mark the end of the day's shift?

4. According to the cotton song, how does God feel about picking cotton?

5. How does Karintha express her anger?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does the narrator appear to place blame on Bane for cutting the men?

2. How do men treat Karintha as a child?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How has Avey been living when the speaker encounters her in New York, and how do we know?

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

10. What is Barlo's reaction to Esther when she is 29 and comes for him?

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