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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “New Road Station,” what is history?
(a) The voice on the radio.
(b) A bus that is about to take off.
(c) Asleep in a tomb or in a bomb.
(d) All answers are correct.

2. What is NOT a reason why not being able to read or write hinders the paying of a pension deserved to former black Civil War soldiers?
(a) They do not know how to spell their names to request their pensions.
(b) They can steal pensions from other soldiers.
(c) They do not know what their legal names are, as they go by something else.
(d) They are not trusted to be the person deserving a pension.

3. In "Ghazal," to what does the speaker compare to the stealing of someone’s name?
(a) Attacking and robbing someone at gunpoint.
(b) Working in the fields and stripping the stalks of stolen crops.
(c) Stealing money from a bank or precious jewels from a safe.
(d) Pickpocketing a naive tourist.

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a man who was able to free himself and his wife asked in the letter for what to happen?
(a) The receiver of the letter to write to Abraham Lincoln on his behalf.
(b) The receiver of the letter to care for his wife while he searches for the rest of his family.
(c) The receiver of the letter to find his family for him.
(d) The receiver of the letter to help free the rest of his family.

5. In "The World is Your Beautiful Younger Sister," the world is compared to what?
(a) A locket on a chain.
(b) A young gazelle.
(c) A wilde, savage place.
(d) A young, innocent woman taken advantage of by rough men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Declaration," an unnamed ‘he’ has sent officers to do what?

2. In “Unrest in Baton Rouge,” how is love described?

3. Has the narrator of "The Angels" had other angel encounters?

4. In "Garden of Eden," the speaker reflects on the fact that everyone she knew at the time was living a similar life that included hating what two things?

5. In “Watershed,” what is a pipe dispensing?

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