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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It” begin?
(a) With a letter from a mother to her son.
(b) With a letter to Abraham Lincoln from a woman in Carlisle, PA.
(c) With a letter from a wife to her husband.
(d) With a letter from a woman to her slave owner.

2. There was love in the water, where the people pretended to do what?
(a) Wade.
(b) Get baptized.
(c) Swim.
(d) Bathe.

3. In "The Angels," the speaker imagines what between the two angels, as she sleeps?
(a) A candle.
(b) A book.
(c) A deck of playing cards.
(d) A meal.

4. How does “The United States Welcomes You” end?
(a) With the speaker telling them to leave.
(b) With a speaker asking if there are some sort of test that they must take and what if they fail.
(c) With the speaker asking them about their skill set.
(d) With the speaker asking about their cultural traditions.

5. Who is the character in "Hill Country" revealed to be?
(a) God.
(b) Abraham.
(c) A woodsman.
(d) An angel.

Short Answer Questions

1. The character in "Hill Country" can almost believe in what?

2. Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation" tells of the families destroyed how?

3. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” there is a collection of addresses to various people. What is the purpose of this collection?

4. In “Watershed,” what does the speaker first describe?

5. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” the women go from fear to what?

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