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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 33-36.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character is “sold at the auction-stand” in Section 15?
(a) The Polish boy.
(b) The Mexican girl.
(c) The Asian girl.
(d) The quadroon girl.

2. The narrator says that he sees “the elementary laws never” do what, in Section 20?
(a) “Improve.”
(b) “Apologize.”
(c) “Conclude.”
(d) “Convict.”

3. To what does the narrator say “I resign myself to you also” in the beginning of Section 21?
(a) “You forest!”
(b) “You sea!”
(c) “You canyon!”
(d) “You desert!”

4. What creature “in his tough pimples sleeps by the bayou” in Section 33?
(a) The alligator.
(b) The frog.
(c) The owl.
(d) The wild boar.

5. How does the poet describe the summer night in Section 21?
(a) “Hot sweaty summer night.”
(b) “Mad naked summer night.”
(c) “Rich with water summer night.”
(d) “Pulsing gray summer night.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the girl described that accompanies the youngster “up the bushy hill” in Section 8?

2. The narrator tells “the tale of the murder in cold blood of” how many young men in Section 34?

3. By whom does the narrator say he has been “given up” in Section 28?

4. What question does the narrator say a child asked in Section 6?

5. What instrument is described as “the young man’s heart’s complaint” in Section 26?

(see the answer key)

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