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

2. What does the blade of the mower cut in "Reapers"?
(a) Wheat.
(b) Grass.
(c) Weeds.
(d) Flowers.

3. With whose religious changes does "Conversion" deal?
(a) Northerners moving South.
(b) Genteel women.
(c) African slaves.
(d) Plantation owners.

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

5. Where does the whistle mark the end of the day's shift?
(a) The factory.
(b) The bakery.
(c) The sawmill.
(d) The cotton plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is observing the forest in "Nullo"?

2. How are the eyebrows of the old woman described in "Face" shaped?

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

4. How is the weather in Georgia in November?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do men treat Karintha as a child?

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

4. How does Cloine relate physically to the speaker's emotions in "Evening Song"?

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

6. What does the speaker want the woman to do in "Her Lips are Copper Wire"?

7. What effect does the smoke have on Karintha's surroundings the day that she gives birth to her child?

8. Why might Toomer have chosen to end with the image of light upon Father John and Carrie?

9. How is Becky treated after it is found that she is pregnant with a black man's child?

10. Why might the author have chosen to describe Cloine while sleeping in "Evening Song"?

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