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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” what do the colored men in the military say they deserve?
(a) More money.
(b) Higher ranking.
(c) Freedom from slavery and the Army.
(d) Equal treatment.

2. “New Road Station” begins by talking about what?
(a) The endlessness of history.
(b) The hurry that history is in.
(c) The love of history.
(d) The slow progress of history.

3. In "4 ½," the little girl is compared to what?
(a) A cute cat, lying in wait to pounce on a mouse.
(b) A cute mountain goat who, although first seems harmless, soon lunges at you.
(c) A cute bunny who has just eaten the plants in your garden.
(d) A cute puppy about to chew up your shoe.

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a slave asks President Lincoln advise on how to leave his mistress. Why?
(a) He does not want to offend his mistress.
(b) He feels guilty leaving his mistress.
(c) He does not have the means to leave.
(d) His mistress refuses to let him go.

5. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a man is leaning on what?
(a) A cane.
(b) A wall.
(c) A stick or a rifle.
(d) A friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen to those, including women and children, who do not follow the orders to leave camp in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

2. In "Annunciation," the speaker wants to experience what is real – “the cold, the pitiless, the bleak,” nature, or her son, who is forever turned where?

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

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a husband writes to his wife, encouraging her to bring herself and their children, including the baby he has never met, to him in what state?

5. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” the women crouch down around the man and tell him what?

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