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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XIII: Words Like Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Sunday Morning Prophecy," where does the preacher encourage the congregants to give freely?
(a) In their own homes.
(b) In their communities.
(c) In the collection basket.
(d) From their kitchens.

2. What is Joy driving in "Joy"?
(a) The butcher's cart.
(b) An imaginary buggy.
(c) A fancy car.
(d) A horse-drawn carriage.

3. What did the speaker come home without in "Midnight Raffle"?
(a) A job.
(b) The groceries his wife asked him to buy.
(c) A briefcase.
(d) A dime.

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

5. What race was Langston Hughes?
(a) Asian.
(b) Latino.
(c) White.
(d) African American.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Gypsy need in her hand in "Ballad of the Gypsy" before she reads the speaker's fortune?

2. How are the poems in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" organized?

3. In "Little Old Letter," the speaker claims never to have been so lonely since when?

4. What did Hattie want Hammond to buy when he was out?

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

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