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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Urban Youth," the speaker remembers her home and her mother’s worry as her father and siblings teach her what?
(a) To dance.
(b) To ride a bike.
(c) To play ball.
(d) To garden.

2. In “Watershed,” In italics, the speaker who is floating over the city can move and do what?
(a) Fly quickly.
(b) Sail smoothly.
(c) Think quickly.
(d) See clearly.

3. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” an actor describes how they were given paper to draw what?
(a) The atrocities they experienced.
(b) A map to their favorite place.
(c) Pictures of their families.
(d) Their favorite animal.

4. In “New Road Station,” history is compared to a mother doing what?
(a) Washing laundry.
(b) Corralling her children.
(c) Calling her family to dinner.
(d) Shooing away the chickens.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason Mary gives for why it would not be in the best interest of the slaves to be set free?

2. In "Dusk," although the speaker sits at the same table with her daughter, what is clear?

3. How does "An Old Story" end?

4. 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?

5. In "4 ½," the speaker describes a little girl who is either found asleep with her stuffed animals in the morning or doing what?

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