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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What causes the speaker in "Wade in the Water" painful grief?
(a) The river in which people wade.
(b) The fear in everyone's eyes.
(c) The woman going to each stranger saying, "I love you" and meaning it.
(d) The people in chains.

3. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” for what are they willing to sacrifice themselves and their families?
(a) Abundance and Charity.
(b) Independence and Hope.
(c) God and Country.
(d) Freedom and Humanity.

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” what do the colored men in the military say they deserve?
(a) More money.
(b) Equal treatment.
(c) Higher ranking.
(d) Freedom from slavery and the Army.

5. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” why does a wife ask her husband to send for her?
(a) She is unable to leave her mistress.
(b) She does not know where he is.
(c) She is still a slave.
(d) She does not have the money to get to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” to whom does a slave write, asking him if he is now legally free?

2. The character in "Hill Country" comes down the road in his jeep with the windows rolled down. Why?

3. How are the angels described in "The Angels"?

4. The character in "Hill Country" climbs back into the jeep and drives off back to where?

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

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