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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," what does Mary Jones think is the greatest personal privation?
(a) Not having her two slaves, Patience and Phoebe.
(b) Not having a new dress every season.
(c) Having to sell her slaves to others.
(d) Having to leave her home and move north.

2. Why does the woman at the beginning of “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It” say the president will be blessed?
(a) He is a saint among men.
(b) He cares for the poor.
(c) He truly cares about all of his citizens.
(d) He is a white man of priviledge.

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

4. In "Declaration," the people have reminded those in power of how they came to live in this nation, taken captive where?
(a) On the high seas.
(b) From their native lands.
(c) In the cotton fields.
(d) In the wild west.

5. 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?
(a) Urban living and crowds.
(b) Abundance and charity.
(c) Innocence and privacy.
(d) Dirty public transportation and being poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the angels described in "The Angels"?

2. Why does the father plead to not have his family removed from the camp in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

3. The character in "Hill Country" climbs back into the jeep and drives off back to where?

4. In "The Angels," who does the speaker say spoke to angels as she was dying?

5. How is love described as pain, when singing "Wade in the Water"?

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