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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims in Section 5, “I know that the hand of God is the promise of” what?
(a) “Others.”
(b) “Good fortune.”
(c) “My own.”
(d) “Salvation.”

2. How is the girl described that accompanies the youngster “up the bushy hill” in Section 8?
(a) “Red-faced.”
(b) “Red-eyed.”
(c) “Red-headed.”
(d) “Red-skinned.”

3. The narrator describes “the little one” as sleeping where in the opening of Section 8?
(a) “A basket.”
(b) “Its cradle.”
(c) “The bathtub.”
(d) “The bed.”

4. To what does the narrator say “the other I am not must not abase itself to you” in Section 5?
(a) “My youth.”
(b) “My intestines.”
(c) “My soul.”
(d) “My scalp.”

5. The narrator of the poem claims in Section 1 that “what I assume you shall” what?
(a) “Assume.”
(b) “Evade.”
(c) “Ignore.”
(d) “Endear.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Section 5 refers to a beam fastened to the keel of a vessel for strength?

2. The narrator combines the word “respiration” with what word in Section 2?

3. What is described in Section 8 as sprawled “on the bloody floor of the bedroom”?

4. The narrator makes a statement equating stoutness with what animal in Section 3?

5. As the narrator watches “the little one” sleeping in Section 8, he silently brushes away what with his hand?

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