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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. The woman within the poem "Madam and the Census Man" tells the census man not to write down what title on the census form?
(a) Mssr.
(b) Miss.
(c) Mr.
(d) Mrs.

2. What word is used to describe the "eyes" (116) of terror in the poem entitled "Mississippi"?
(a) Evil.
(b) Jaundiced.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Sinister.

3. The speaker of the poem entitled "The South" says that the South smells of what scent?
(a) Magnolias.
(b) Clean laundry.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Gumbo.

4. What is Cora's last name in the story entitled Cora Unashamed?
(a) LeDoux.
(b) Jones.
(c) Jenkins.
(d) Miller.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "Lover's Return" is written from the point of view of what type of person?

2. In what setting does the beginning of the poem "Life is Fine" take place?

3. How many times does the speaker of "Final Call" invoke the word "Come!" (134) in the poem's final stanza?

4. What type of technique or device is used in the poem entitled "Comment on War"?

5. What kind of job does Mary Lulu Jackson tell her mother she would like to have?

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