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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) Smiling.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Crying.
(d) Crying.

2. To what are the woman's muscles in "Face" compared?
(a) A stone.
(b) A rippling river.
(c) The hard ground.
(d) A cluster of grapes.

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

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

5. In what condition is the soil in November after the boll weevil infestation?
(a) Dark.
(b) Cold.
(c) Hard.
(d) Dry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main fault of the Christian god in "Conversion"?

2. How does Fern feel about the townspeople gossiping about her?

3. What did the townspeople secretly bring Becky?

4. In "Conversion", what is the main fault of the African god?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do men react after being rejected by Fern?

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

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

4. What does the speaker ultimately decide to do about his hunger in "Harvest Song"?

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

6. How is the sound of the storm described in "Storm Ending"?

7. How does Louisa feel about Tom Burwell and Bob Stone?

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

9. How do men treat Karintha as a child?

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

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