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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section V: Distance Nowhere.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is listening to the stories Aunt Sue tells in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?
(a) A "brown-faced child."
(b) No one, which is why the poem is so sad.
(c) The entire neighborhood.
(d) Her husband.

2. What is curved beneath Big Boy's arm in "Catch"?
(a) The mermaid's tail.
(b) A Bible.
(c) His son's teddy bear.
(d) A few extra-long pieces of wheat.

3. Where did the speaker in "Late Last Night" sit and cry?
(a) In the garden.
(b) At the bank.
(c) At the cemetary.
(d) On the steps.

4. What asked the speaker for a kiss in "Suicide's Note"?
(a) A beautiful man.
(b) The river.
(c) A frog.
(d) An ugly woman.

5. When does the musician finally stop playing in "The Weary Blues"?
(a) When he collapses.
(b) When daybreak comes.
(c) When the bar closes.
(d) When the church service is over.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Sunday Morning Prophecy," where does the preacher encourage the congregants to give freely?

2. Where does Aunt Sue get her stories from in "Aunt Sue's Stories"?

3. Who shows the speaker a bad luck card in "Bad Luck Card"?

4. Where does the speaker think the distance is between "here and there" in the poem "Border Line"?

5. What is Hughes known as being the originator of?

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