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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Notes and Acknowledgments.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Higher ranking.
(b) Freedom from slavery and the Army.
(c) More money.
(d) Equal treatment.

3. 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 survives for a few more months.
(b) He dies, and his father buries him.
(c) He is treated by the Army physician and heals.
(d) He is ill but arrives at the family's new home safely.

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” how much money did a man say he raised to free himself and his wife?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $200.
(d) $10,000.

5. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” the women crouch down around the man and tell him what?
(a) They will not rest until his kind is dead.
(b) They forgive him.
(c) He should be sorry.
(d) The only way this country’s going to turn around is – it will be a bloodbath.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the woman make such a strong plea at the beginning of ”I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

3. In "Charity," the speaker describes an elderly woman as she does what?

4. “The Greatest Personal Privation” and “Unwritten” come from letters written between whom?

5. What had Jones considered supporting?

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