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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Prokofiev.
(b) Dostoevsky.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Tchaikovsky.

2. How is love described as pain, when singing "Wade in the Water"?
(a) Feeling the pain of those who were forced to wade in the water.
(b) Loving one's first swim lessons.
(c) Allowing one to feel what it was to run away, being chased by dogs and guns, and so many not surviving the escape.
(d) Having to take a bath when you would rather still be out playing.

3. In "4 ½," the speaker describes a little girl who is either found asleep with her stuffed animals in the morning or doing what?
(a) Barging into her mother’s room to wake her up and tell her she has to pee.
(b) Playing with her toys in her room.
(c) Running around the house asking for breakfast.
(d) Crying for Mommy to come play with her.

4. How does “The United States Welcomes You” end?
(a) With the speaker asking about their cultural traditions.
(b) With the speaker telling them to leave.
(c) With the speaker asking them about their skill set.
(d) With a speaker asking if there are some sort of test that they must take and what if they fail.

5. In “Watershed,” who was employed at the factory and subsequently sold land to the factory?
(a) R.
(b) J.
(c) M.
(d) D.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker asks why the person is afraid and what else?

2. "Dusk" begins with the speaker comparing life with her self-centered daughter to what?

3. After the Civil War, for what did many Black soldiers struggle to receive from the U.S. government?

4. How does "Ghazal" end?

5. In “Eternity, Songzhuang Art Village," the speaker describes pulling what out of art racks, as if they are spirits who are no longer in their bodies?

(see the answer key)

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