1. The character in "Hill Country" comes down the road in his jeep with the windows rolled down. Why?
(a) So he can call out the windows to passersby.
(b) So he can air out his smelly jeep.
(c) So he can smell the fresh air.
(d) So he can feel the branches as they brush against the vehicle and himself.

2. 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?
(a) He does not want to offend his mistress.
(b) He feels guilty leaving his mistress.
(c) His mistress refuses to let him go.
(d) He does not have the means to leave.

3. In "Garden of Eden," the speaker would walk home doing mental math on how much she had spent and what would suddenly hit her?
(a) How little she had in her bank account.
(b) How little food she had purchased.
(c) How much she loved the Garden of Eden.
(d) The known sun was setting on the dawning century.

4. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker questions the color of what?
(a) The person’s religion.
(b) The person’s age.
(c) The person’s skin.
(d) The person’s gender.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. For what does the speaker in “Unwritten” feel that Mary and all others like her must answer?

3. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” the women go from fear to what?

4. How does the poem "Unwritten" begin?

5. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” an actor describes how they were given paper to draw what?

(see the answer key)

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