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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IX: Magnolia Flowers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker encourage the reader to wonder about when down by the river?
(a) The power of love.
(b) The preciousness of children.
(c) What (you) got left.
(d) How beautiful nature is.

2. Who is sitting in the amen-corner of the church in "Prayer Meeting"?
(a) Jesus himself.
(b) A family.
(c) An old black woman.
(d) A homeless man asking for help.

3. What does the speaker in "Life Is Fine" decide he was born for?
(a) "Singin'"
(b) "Dyin'"
(c) "Cryin'"
(d) "Livin'"

4. Which two countries are mentioned in "Seascape"?
(a) Peru and England.
(b) Peru and Cuba.
(c) Ireland and England.
(d) American and Russia.

5. What are the waves kissing in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?
(a) The moon.
(b) A beautiful woman's feet.
(c) A mermaid's hair.
(d) Seashells.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Feet o' Jesus," what does the author want to happen at Jesus's feet?

2. What in particular does the speaker need a dime for in "Down and Out"?

3. What kind of music are tambourines often used in?

4. What would the speaker in "Young Gal's Blues" rather be dead than?

5. What are the tambourines being played for in "Tambourines"?

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