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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the woman make such a strong plea at the beginning of ”I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?
(a) She is dying and wants her family around her.
(b) Her son is dying, and she wants her husband there with him.
(c) Her husband is dead, and she is dying.
(d) Her husband has died, and she is in need.

2. How does "Ghazal" end?
(a) Say my name! Say my name!
(b) Our name our name our name our fraught, fraught name.
(c) Oh what a beautiful thing it is to have a name.
(d) What is in a name?

3. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," if these people turn out to be evil, then the speaker and others like her will meet this evil how?
(a) With even more evil.
(b) As best they can.
(c) With peace.
(d) By fleeing to Canada.

4. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," what does Mary Jones think is the greatest personal privation?
(a) Having to sell her slaves to others.
(b) Not having her two slaves, Patience and Phoebe.
(c) Having to leave her home and move north.
(d) Not having a new dress every season.

5. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” what is the general response in the list the responses of some when was asked their age?
(a) A few are not exactly sure of their age or do not know their age at all.
(b) Many know their exact birth dates.
(c) All of the men are not exactly sure of their age or do not know their age at all.
(d) Many are not exactly sure of their age or do not know their age at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Garden of Eden," the speaker would walk home doing mental math on how much she had spent and what would suddenly hit her?

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

3. What is the reason Mary gives for why it would not be in the best interest of the slaves to be set free?

4. History in "Ghazal" is described as a ship that is always setting sail where the men on either shore do what?

5. What does the character in "Hill Country" stave off in regard to the injured animal?

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