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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XI: Madam to You.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of diploma does the character in "Graduation" get?
(a) One from a typing school.
(b) One saying she is now fluent in Spanish.
(c) One saying she is now fluent in German.
(d) One from a cooking school.

2. What are the waves cutting the darkness with in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?
(a) The sounds of their crashes.
(b) Their silver shanks.
(c) Thier bioluminescent spheres.
(d) An eerie silence.

3. What is the title of the poem about John Brown in the "Afro-American Fragments" section?
(a) John Brown.
(b) Mississippi Burning.
(c) October 16.
(d) Brown John.

4. Where does the fortune teller tell Madam her fortune is in "Madam and the Fortune Teller"?
(a) In Atlanta.
(b) In Vegas.
(c) With her boyfriend.
(d) Inside herself.

5. What inanimate object speaks in "Heaven"?
(a) Stones.
(b) Waterfalls.
(c) Trees.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Little Old Letter" claim pen and paper have the power to do?

2. What does the speaker in "Mother to Son" claim her life has NOT been?

3. What is the little girl dreaming of in "To Be Somebody"?

4. In "Angels Wings," what does the speaker say the angel's wings are as white as?

5. What color does the speaker in "Wake" tell his mourners to wear?

(see the answer key)

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