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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What place is the speaker trying to avoid in "One-Way Ticket"?
(a) His girlfriend's house.
(b) The police station.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) The South.

2. Why does Madam have a large phone bill in "Madam and the Phone Bill"?
(a) Because the rates went up and she didn't know.
(b) Because she fell asleep while on the phone.
(c) Because the company made a mistake.
(d) Because someone called her collect.

3. What does the speaker in "Cross" take back in regard to his father?
(a) Money.
(b) His books.
(c) A car.
(d) Curses.

4. What is the little boy dreaming of in "To Be Somebody"?
(a) Mike Tyson's boxing gloves.
(b) Joe Louis's boxing gloves.
(c) George Foreman's boxing gloves.
(d) Muhammad Ali's boxing gloves.

5. What does the speaker claim "Madam" stands for in "Madam's Past History"?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Professor.
(c) Business.
(d) Mother.

6. What is the one thing the fortune teller in "Ballad of the Fortune Teller" couldn't see?
(a) When she was going to die.
(b) That her business was going to go bankrupt.
(c) Where her lover went.
(d) That she was going to be robbed.

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

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

9. According to the speaker in "To Be Somebody," where is there always room?
(a) At the top.
(b) In dreams.
(c) In another's heart.
(d) In one's own mind.

10. How does the speaker first attempt suicide in "Life Is Fine"?
(a) By jumping off of a building.
(b) By jumping in front of a train.
(c) By jumping into a river.
(d) By jumping off of a cliff.

11. What does the speaker wonder about his own death in "Cross"?
(a) If anyone will even notice.
(b) Who will get his inheritance.
(c) Where he will die.
(d) Who will mourn for him.

12. What does the speaker compare love to in "Lament over Love"?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) Poison.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Alcohol.

13. What does the speaker in "Down and Out" want from her lover?
(a) Money.
(b) Kisses.
(c) New shoes.
(d) A new car.

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

15. What four things does the speaker in "Necessity" say he must do (in the beginning of the poem)?
(a) Wake up, shower, get dressed, and go to work.
(b) Mow the lawn, get the mail, fix the porch, and pain the house.
(c) Eat, drink, stay black, and die.
(d) Come home, drink, eat, and go to sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does the character's buddy earn a week in "Buddy"?

2. What 2 places does the speaker go to in "Young Gal's Blues"?

3. What question does the Klan ask the speaker in "Ku Klux"?

4. What is the speaker tired of in "One-Way Ticket"?

5. Where is Miss Yardman in "Southern Mammy Sings"?

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