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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "4 ½," like what animal pulling at its tether and scraping its horns against a rock, does the little girl emphasize what exactly she wants?
(a) The bunny.
(b) The cat.
(c) The goat.
(d) The puppy.

2. In “Watershed,” D’s first husband was what?
(a) A chemist.
(b) A bio-engineer.
(c) A veterinarian.
(d) A pharmacist.

3. Of what do the memories of this "Garden of Eden" remind the speaker?
(a) College life.
(b) Her childhood.
(c) Her family.
(d) Brooklyn and being in her thirties.

4. In “Eternity, Nanluoguxiang Alley" the speaker says that seeing these familiar faces of others makes the speaker believe what?
(a) We are all human.
(b) We are not so different, after all.
(c) We are all very closely related.
(d) All of us must be buried deep within each other.

5. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” why does a brother write a sister in a letter asking her to care for his child?
(a) His wife is living with another man while he is away.
(b) His wife is dying.
(c) His wife is abusive and unfit to be a mother.
(d) His wife is ill and unable to care for their child.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," Stanza 4, the speaker and others, known as ‘we,’ want to do what?

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

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?

4. The speaker of "The Greatest Personal Privation" says they do not want those who are descendants of the people sold as property to know their history. Why?

5. In “Eternity, Landscape Painting," the speaker can almost still remember what, as if this were his or her home?

(see the answer key)

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