1. 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) Innocence and privacy.
(c) Dirty public transportation and being poor.
(d) Abundance and charity.

2. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” what is the general response in the list the responses of some when was asked their age?
(a) Many know their exact birth dates.
(b) Many are not exactly sure of their age or do not know their age at all.
(c) A few are not exactly sure of their age or do not know their age at all.
(d) All of the men are not exactly sure of their age or do not know their age at all.

3. History in "Ghazal" is described as a ship that is always setting sail where the men on either shore do what?
(a) Fight over our name.
(b) Destroy everything that is not our name.
(c) Tease us about our name.
(d) Call us names.

4. 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 can steal pensions from other soldiers.
(b) They are not trusted to be the person deserving a pension.
(c) They do not know what their legal names are, as they go by something else.
(d) They do not know how to spell their names to request their pensions.

5. After the Civil War, for what did many Black soldiers struggle to receive from the U.S. government?
(a) Jobs.
(b) A military pension.
(c) Health insurance.
(d) Housing.