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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the speaker in "Ghazal" say has been taught their name?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Many.
(c) No one.
(d) The chosen few.

2. In "Garden of Eden," the speaker reflects on the fact that everyone she knew at the time was living a similar life that included hating what two things?
(a) Dirty public transportation and being poor.
(b) Urban living and crowds.
(c) Innocence and privacy.
(d) Abundance and charity.

3. The character in "Hill Country" passes what injured animal?
(a) A deer.
(b) A dog.
(c) A skunk.
(d) A cat.

4. As the angels speak, the speaker dares to look at them and sees what?
(a) One has teeth worn down to almost nothing.
(b) Both have long, flowing hair.
(c) Both are smiling with brilliant white teeth.
(d) One has a halo.

5. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a man who was able to free himself and his wife asked in the letter for what to happen?
(a) The receiver of the letter to help free the rest of his family.
(b) The receiver of the letter to write to Abraham Lincoln on his behalf.
(c) The receiver of the letter to find his family for him.
(d) The receiver of the letter to care for his wife while he searches for the rest of his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does "Ghazal" end?

2. 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?

3. Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation" tells of the families destroyed how?

4. Why does the father plead to not have his family removed from the camp in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

5. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” the speaker says, although the slaves are now free, they are not really free, because they do what?

(see the answer key)

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