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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things does Kid Sleep say he doesn't care about/doesn't want to do in "Kid Sleepy"?
(a) Milk the cow and gather vegetables for dinner.
(b) Run around and work downtown.
(c) Help in the kitchen and help in the garden.
(d) Clean up his room and put away his toys.

2. How much does the character's buddy earn a week in "Buddy"?
(a) Fifteen a week.
(b) Ten a week.
(c) Twelve a week.
(d) Twenty a week.

3. What does the speaker in "Cross" wish in regard to his mother?
(a) He wishes she finds happiness one day.
(b) He wishes she would just die so he can get his inheritance.
(c) He wishes her well.
(d) He wishes she would just die so she doesn't have to suffer anymore.

4. How much of his paycheck does the character's buddy have to give to his mother?
(a) Five a week.
(b) Ten a week.
(c) Eight a week.
(d) Fifteen a week.

5. What sound does the speaker claim a dream deferred makes in "Dream Boogie"?
(a) A soft whisper in the night.
(b) A quiet whimper in the dark.
(c) A boogie-woogie rumble.
(d) A howling at the moon inside one's soul.

6. What is the name of the character in "Graduation"?
(a) Jackson Bartlet.
(b) Mary Lulu Jackson.
(c) Mary Beth Wilson.
(d) Jackson Barton.

7. Why is the boy lynched in "Southern Mammy Sings"?
(a) Because he stole something.
(b) Because he tried to run away.
(c) Because he said all people should be free.
(d) Because he lied to his boss.

8. What job does Ruby Brown have when the poem of her same name starts?
(a) Working in a white woman's kitchen.
(b) Working in a library.
(c) Working in the fields.
(d) Working at a hospital.

9. What does the speaker pick up and take away in "One-Way Ticket"?
(a) His Bible.
(b) His life.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His sins.

10. Why does the speaker in "Necessity" finally decide he has to work after all?
(a) Because not working is actually kind of boring.
(b) Because he doesn't want to go to jail.
(c) Because he has to pay his rent.
(d) Because he doesn't want to stay around his girlfriend all day.

11. What does the speaker in "Little Old Letter" claim pen and paper have the power to do?
(a) Guarantee your rights.
(b) Seal a deal.
(c) Burn up and turn meaningless.
(d) Take a person's life.

12. How many men are helping plan the parade in "Parade"?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Five.

13. Why is the speaker fired from his job in "Fired"?
(a) Because he got in a fight with a coworker.
(b) Because he was late again.
(c) Because he was ineffective at his job.
(d) Because he stole from the company.

14. What is Madam's full name?
(a) Madam Sophia Sandra Jackson.
(b) Miss Julianna Iasha Elliot.
(c) Madam Alberta K. Johnson.
(d) This is a trick question; she only goes by Madam.

15. What does the little boy use as a toy in "Madam and the Charity Child"?
(a) Dolls.
(b) Rocks.
(c) A switch-blade.
(d) The trash can.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker claim the wine-maiden's lips are as sweet as in "Midnight Dancer"?

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

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

4. What children's rhyme does the speaker mention in "Children's Rhymes"?

5. What does the speaker wonder about his own death in "Cross"?

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