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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. History in "Ghazal" is described as a ship that is always setting sail where the men on either shore do what?
(a) Fight over our name.
(b) Destroy everything that is not our name.
(c) Call us names.
(d) Tease us about our name.

2. Who does the speaker in "Ghazal" say has been taught their name?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Many.
(c) The chosen few.
(d) No one.

3. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker questions the color of what?
(a) The person’s skin.
(b) The person’s gender.
(c) The person’s age.
(d) The person’s religion.

4. In “New Road Station,” the speaker says that history is not what?
(a) What the Western world teaches.
(b) The slow tick of a clock.
(c) A crowd forming in a square chanting “no and now.”
(d) What is written in history books.

5. "Urban Youth" begins as the speaker remembers being woken up by an older sibling on Saturday mornings to do what?
(a) Watch cartoons.
(b) Play with toys.
(c) Go for a run.
(d) Ride bikes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Watershed,” in italics, he, assumed to be God, is telling the person in space what?

2. In “Watershed,” the speaker finishes in italics saying that, for him, God is what?

3. In "Urban Youth," the speaker remembers her home and her mother’s worry as her father and siblings teach her what?

4. In "In Your Condition," the speaker drinks bottle after bottle of water but gazed longingly at what?

5. In "Annunciation," the speaker is ashamed of what?

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