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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which color hands are NOT mentioned in "Daybreak in Alabama"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

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

3. How much older does the speaker like women in "Preference"?
(a) All of these answers are correct.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

4. 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 someone called her collect.
(c) Because the company made a mistake.
(d) Because she fell asleep while on the phone.

5. Where is Miss Gardner in "Southern Mammy Sings"?
(a) In her garden.
(b) At mass.
(c) At a funeral.
(d) In her yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of men does the speaker love in "Cora"?

2. What does the speaker in "Little Old Letter" claim pen and paper have the power to do?

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

4. What does the speaker pick up and take away in "One-Way Ticket"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What one notable thing does the poem "Daybreak" address in the "Magnolia Flowers" section that the others do not?

2. What does the stereotype of the poem "Uncle Tom" tap into?

3. What problem does the U.S. Census worker have with Madam in "Madam and the Census Man"?

4. Why do some of the women in the "Lament Over Love" section claim to still participate in bad relationships with men?

5. How does the speaker compare his relationship with the South and the North in "The South"?

6. What does the speaker in "Hard Daddy" want to be an eagle?

7. What are three sub-themes that appear in "Note on Commercial Theater"?

8. What do both "Still Here" and "Me and the Mule" celebrate?

9. Which famous line of Langston Hughes is in "Harlem"?

10. What is the speaker talking about in "Note on Commercial Theater"?

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