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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” to whom does a slave write, asking him if he is now legally free?
(a) His mother.
(b) His state senator.
(c) President Lincoln.
(d) His owner.

3. In “Watershed,” In italics, the speaker who is floating over the city describes everything glowing and bands of what were being dispersed from a huge universal heartbeat?
(a) Energy.
(b) Heat.
(c) Light.
(d) Sound.

4. What happens to the sick child who was removed from the camp with his family in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?
(a) He dies, and his father buries him.
(b) He survives for a few more months.
(c) He is treated by the Army physician and heals.
(d) He is ill but arrives at the family's new home safely.

5. There was love in the water, where the people pretended to do what?
(a) Get baptized.
(b) Bathe.
(c) Wade.
(d) Swim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the speaker in "Wade in the Water" painful grief?

2. In “Watershed,” what does the speaker first describe?

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

4. In “Watershed,” the speaker in italics feels him or herself being pulled up through what?

5. What does the speaker in "The Angels" hope some angels are?

(see the answer key)

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