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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 puppy.
(b) The cat.
(c) The goat.
(d) The bunny.

2. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a husband writes to his wife, encouraging her to bring herself and their children, including the baby he has never met, to him in what state?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Mississippi.

3. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker is questioning an unknown person, asking what?
(a) What job qualifications they have.
(b) Why they have been sent there and if they plan to steal anything.
(c) What they have come from and where they plan to go.
(d) What language they speak and what country they are from.

4. What does the speaker in "The Angels" hope some angels are?
(a) Children.
(b) Straight up thugs.
(c) Grandparents.
(d) Her friends.

5. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” a person says they were dragged and what else?
(a) Jeered at.
(b) Beaten.
(c) Choked.
(d) Burned.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “Political Poem,” the speaker wonders what would happen if what happened?

2. The speaker remembers angels once in a hotel room. Why were they there?

3. What does the speaker in "Ghazal" ask regarding learning one’s name?

4. Has the narrator of "The Angels" had other angel encounters?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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