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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Hill Country," the speaker describes someone as he travels where?
(a) To the mountains from the city.
(b) Down from high above in the hills and the place where he is surrounded by peace and quiet.
(c) Down from a high bridge to still water.
(d) To the river from a high peak.

2. The speaker remembers angels once in a hotel room. Why were they there?
(a) To observe her.
(b) To pass on a message to her.
(c) To scare her.
(d) To take to her heaven.

3. What does the character in "Hill Country" stave off in regard to the injured animal?
(a) Fear.
(b) Attack by vultures.
(c) Death.
(d) Further injury.

4. In "The Angels," the speaker imagines what between the two angels, as she sleeps?
(a) A meal.
(b) A candle.
(c) A deck of playing cards.
(d) A book.

5. When a holy person, as mentioned in "Deadly," imagines trembling, what is trembling in fear?
(a) The tiger.
(b) The entire natural world.
(c) Man.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does "Wade in the Water" end?

2. In "The World is Your Beautiful Younger Sister," the world is compared to what?

3. In "Garden of Eden," why does the narrator's arm get sore?

4. The character in "Hill Country" passes what injured animal?

5. What does the speaker in "The Angels" hope some angels are?

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