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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Cora Unashamed" - "The Blues I'm Playing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of literary device is used consistently within the first three lines of the poem entitled "Mississippi"?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Interjection.
(d) Hyperbole.

2. Who pays for a new horse when Cora's father's horse dies?
(a) Mrs. Art Studevant.
(b) Ma.
(c) Cora.
(d) Pa.

3. The poem "Daybreak in Alabama" features a speaker who hopes to one day be what?
(a) An adult.
(b) A composer.
(c) Married.
(d) Respected.

4. The speaker of the poem entitled "Advice" says that "dying is" (97) what?
(a) Slow.
(b) Inevitable.
(c) Mean.
(d) Hard.

5. At the end of the poem "Without the Benefit of Declaration," the speaker tells the mother in the poem not to take what action?
(a) Lie.
(b) Die.
(c) Cry.
(d) Lose hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city had Oceola been born in the story entitled "The Blues I'm Playing"?

2. In the poem entitled "Prime," how much is a nickel repeatedly said to cost?

3. In the poem "To Be Somebody," what object does the "little girl" (92) dream of?

4. The speaker of the poem "Final Curve" declares that "When you turn the corner and run into" (91) what, then you know you have run out of corners to turn?

5. What instrument does Roy play in the story entitled "Home"?

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