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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the poem "Unwritten" begin?
(a) With a letter from Mary Jones to her slaves.
(b) With a letter from President Lincoln.
(c) With a letter from a slave.
(d) With a letter from Mary Jones to Charles Colcock Jones.

2. For what does the woman plea at the beginning of ”I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?
(a) To have her husband released from the army.
(b) To have her husband's pension sent to her.
(c) To have her son released from the army,
(d) To have her son return home in one piece at the end of the war.

3. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” to whom does a slave write, asking him if he is now legally free?
(a) His mother.
(b) President Lincoln.
(c) His owner.
(d) His state senator.

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” why does a brother write a sister in a letter asking her to care for his child?
(a) His wife is living with another man while he is away.
(b) His wife is ill and unable to care for their child.
(c) His wife is dying.
(d) His wife is abusive and unfit to be a mother.

5. The speaker of "The Greatest Personal Privation" says in Stanza 1 it is terrible belonging to this woman. Why?
(a) This woman is abusive and does not care for anyone but herself.
(b) This woman forces them to work in the fields.
(c) Their owners will not sell them to others.
(d) Their owners cannot be trusts, because they have the power to destroy the whole family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Ghazal" ask regarding learning one’s name?

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

3. 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”?

4. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," Stanza 4, the speaker and others, known as ‘we,’ want to do what?

5. The character in "Hill Country" leaves the stack of worn planks outside where?

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