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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Garden of Eden," why does the narrator's arm get sore?
(a) From carrying a basket full of pastries and produce.
(b) From working out at the gym.
(c) From playing on a jungle gym.
(d) From flagging down a taxi.

2. In “Eternity,” what are flying in the sky?
(a) Paper airplanes.
(b) Kites and birds.
(c) Airplanes and helicoptors.
(d) Balloons and lanterns.

3. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” what do the colored men in the military say they deserve?
(a) Equal treatment.
(b) More money.
(c) Freedom from slavery and the Army.
(d) Higher ranking.

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

5. In “Unwritten,” how does the slave feel towards her mistress?
(a) She does not feel sorry for her and her privation.
(b) She hates her passionately.
(c) She cannot wait to be freed and away from her mistress.
(d) She does not wish her mistress to suffer.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Civil War, for what did many Black soldiers struggle to receive from the U.S. government?

2. In "4 ½," the speaker describes a little girl who is either found asleep with her stuffed animals in the morning or doing what?

3. In "Refuge," the narrator imagines what it must have been like to do what, as she imagines her mother and her hardships in Alabama?

4. In "Refuge," the speaker imagines a teen girl in a camp in what country?

5. In "Annunciation," the speaker wants to experience what is real – “the cold, the pitiless, the bleak,” nature, or her son, who is forever turned where?

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