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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an issue with the pensions of the black Civil War soldiers?
(a) The legal names of these men do not always match their actual names.
(b) They have not served long enough to receive pensions.
(c) They are still slaves and do not need to be paid.
(d) They are not citizens of the U.S.

2. In Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," what happened time and time again?
(a) Families were cut apart quickly and without warning.
(b) Male slaves were regularly sold.
(c) Slaves were freed from bondage.
(d) Slave owners freed their slaves.

3. In "Declaration," an unnamed ‘he’ has sent officers to do what?
(a) Declare peace.
(b) Arrest the thieves.
(c) Harass our people.
(d) Sign a document.

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

5. After driving for awhile, the character in "Hill Country" gets out and walks along a limestone bank, noticing what?
(a) The steepness of its incline.
(b) The nature and wildlife around him.
(c) How the bank is eroding.
(d) There is no one there.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are sentences left incomplete in "Declaration"?

2. What will happen to those, including women and children, who do not follow the orders to leave camp in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

3. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a husband writes to his wife, encouraging her to bring herself and their children, including the baby he has never met, to him in what state?

4. What causes the speaker in "Wade in the Water" painful grief?

5. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," if these people turn out to be evil, then the speaker and others like her will meet this evil how?

(see the answer key)

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