1. As the speaker in "The Angels" slept, she feels what sense?
(a) Love and safety.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Panic and anxiety.
(d) Warmth and comfort.

2. 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) Virginia.
(d) Mississippi.

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

4. What is NOT a reason why not being able to read or write hinders the paying of a pension deserved to former black Civil War soldiers?
(a) They are not trusted to be the person deserving a pension.
(b) They do not know how to spell their names to request their pensions.
(c) They can steal pensions from other soldiers.
(d) They do not know what their legal names are, as they go by something else.

5. When the speaker of "The Angels" reflects on what it must be like to be an angel, about what does she think?
(a) What it must be like working for God.
(b) What is must be like flying between heaven and earth.
(c) How simple their lives must be.
(d) What they must go through to continually come earth side to encourage us to not have fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” there is a collection of addresses to various people. What is the purpose of this collection?

2. The character in "Hill Country" can almost believe in what?

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

4. As the angels speak, the speaker dares to look at them and sees what?

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

(see the answer key)

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