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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 type of tree is singing in the swamp as the men walk home from the sawmill?
(a) Oak.
(b) Pine.
(c) Willow.
(d) Fir.

2. How have the woman's wrinkles described in "Face" been made?
(a) Stress.
(b) Fright.
(c) Thought.
(d) Pain.

3. What color is the hair of the old woman described in "Face"?
(a) Jet black.
(b) Sunny blond.
(c) Silver gray.
(d) Earth brown.

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

5. After finding no wounds in Carma, what does Bane do?
(a) Knifes the men helping him.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Cries.
(d) Kisses Carma.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did Carma take a lover?

4. With what does the poem "Nullo" primarily deal?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might the author use the formatting device of scripting the characters' thoughts in "Theater"?

2. As Karintha becomes a woman, what do young men do for her?

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

4. What prevents the speaker from connecting with those around him in "Harvest Song"?

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

6. What does Fern do with her days?

7. What differences do we see between Kabnis and Lewis?

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

9. What effect does the honey have on the drones?

10. Why might Toomer have used the voice of the cotton picker?

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