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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does “The United States Welcomes You” end?
(a) With a speaker asking if there are some sort of test that they must take and what if they fail.
(b) With the speaker asking them about their skill set.
(c) With the speaker telling them to leave.
(d) With the speaker asking about their cultural traditions.

2. “New Road Station” begins by talking about what?
(a) The hurry that history is in.
(b) The love of history.
(c) The endlessness of history.
(d) The slow progress of history.

3. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” how much money did a man say he raised to free himself and his wife?
(a) $1,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $200.
(d) $10,000.

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

5. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker asks why the person is afraid and what else?
(a) If he or she would like to join any organizations.
(b) If he or she thinks coming here is a good idea.
(c) If there is something he or she would like to confess.
(d) If he or she has attended school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the character in "Hill Country" revealed to be?

2. 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?

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

4. In “Watershed,” who is taking this case and filed a lawsuit?

5. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a slave asks President Lincoln advise on how to leave his mistress. Why?

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