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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Watershed,” soon after the sale of land, what happened?
(a) R reported what was happening.
(b) Cattle began to act insane.
(c) The land became more fertile.
(d) J moved far away.

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

3. In “New Road Station,” history is compared to a mother doing what?
(a) Shooing away the chickens.
(b) Washing laundry.
(c) Calling her family to dinner.
(d) Corralling her children.

4. How does the poem "Unwritten" begin?
(a) With a letter from President Lincoln.
(b) With a letter from Mary Jones to her slaves.
(c) With a letter from a slave.
(d) With a letter from Mary Jones to Charles Colcock Jones.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. “Unrest in Baton Rouge,” is inspired by a photo by whom?

2. In "Declaration," an unnamed ‘he’ has sent officers to do what?

3. In “Watershed,” who was employed at the factory and subsequently sold land to the factory?

4. After driving for awhile, the character in "Hill Country" gets out and walks along a limestone bank, noticing what?

5. 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”?

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