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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sections 49-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator says in Section 25, “My voice goes after what my” what “cannot reach”?
(a) “Lips.”
(b) “Fingertips.”
(c) “Nose.”
(d) “Eyes.”

3. The poet claims in Section 47, “I swear I will never again mention” what “inside a house”?
(a) “News or gossip.”
(b) “Religion or politics.”
(c) “Love or death.”
(d) “Fact or fiction.”

4. The poet writes in Section 48, “And I say to any man or woman, Let your soul stand cool and composed before” what?
(a) “The fire of Satan.”
(b) “The face of God.”
(c) “The minister and judge.”
(d) “A million universes.”

5. What instrument is described as “the young man’s heart’s complaint” in Section 26?
(a) The bass.
(b) The clarinet.
(c) The flute.
(d) The violoncello.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator claims in Section 5, “I know that the hand of God is the promise of” what?

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

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

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

5. What does the narrator bring to the runaway slave when he encounters him in Section 10?

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