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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does William Carlos Williams say is the most important thing to remember about people who are descended from Africans who were brought to the Americas in slavery?
(a) They have managed to thrive despite adversity.
(b) They bring a certain quality to America with them.
(c) They speak many different languages.
(d) They were forced to endure inhumane conditions at sea.

2. What does Williams say that Lincoln should be depicted as when a sculpture is made to memorialize him?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A woman.
(c) A man.
(d) A scholar.

3. According to the narrator, what was Boone's emotional state when he lived alone in the wilderness for three months?
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Fear.
(c) Exhilaration.
(d) Worry.

4. Why does Williams say that it is "water from a spring" to talk to M?
(a) Because M likes the rain in the spring.
(b) Because M is always so cheerful.
(c) Because M uses such original language.
(d) Because M lives near a spring.

5. Who is the only person in America who can live a life of leisure, like a gentleman, according to an early American saying that Franklin mentions?
(a) A housewife.
(b) A child.
(c) The President.
(d) A hog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What moral weakness does the narrator comment on in Washington?

2. Which Founding Father refers to Aaron Burr as dangerous?

3. What adjective does the narrator use to describe Boone's character?

4. When does Houston defeat Santa Ana?

5. Why does the narrator admire Pere Rasles?

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