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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes and Acknowledgments.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The character in "Hill Country" leaves the stack of worn planks outside where?
(a) A barn.
(b) A cabin.
(c) A castle.
(d) Ancient ruins.

2. Smith feels that the voices of the writers of the letters in “I Will Tell You the Truth about This, I Will Tell You All” should do what?
(a) Stand out and be the most significant part of the poem.
(b) Blend with her poetry.
(c) Sound much like Smith's poetic voice.
(d) Fade into the background.

3. In “Watershed,” what does the speaker first describe?
(a) Land and cattle.
(b) The landfill.
(c) Beautiful water.
(d) J's life.

4. 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?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Virginia.

5. In “Watershed,” in italics, the person floating is now in space seeing what as God must view it?
(a) The world.
(b) The galaxy.
(c) Mankind.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Eternity, Songzhuang Art Village," the speakers sees a photograph of a picture of who, looking off to what once must have seemed the future?

2. What is an issue with the pensions of the black Civil War soldiers?

3. In “Eternity,” what are flying in the sky?

4. In “Watershed,” the speaker describes the poor choices made by whom, including keeping the chemical leak secret?

5. The sections in italics in “I Will Tell You the Truth about This, I Will Tell You All” are from what sources?

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