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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does "Ghazal" end?
(a) Oh what a beautiful thing it is to have a name.
(b) What is in a name?
(c) Our name our name our name our fraught, fraught name.
(d) Say my name! Say my name!

2. In "Garden of Eden," the speaker reflects on the fact that everyone she knew at the time was living a similar life that included hating what two things?
(a) Dirty public transportation and being poor.
(b) Urban living and crowds.
(c) Innocence and privacy.
(d) Abundance and charity.

3. In Stanza 3 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," the speaker says that the entire country may not be able to heal from what?
(a) Slavery.
(b) The abuse of power.
(c) This separation of parent and child.
(d) The plantation life.

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” there is a collection of addresses to various people. What is the purpose of this collection?
(a) To show the reader how polite the Civil War soldiers were.
(b) To show the reader how many left slavery to fight in the Civil War.
(c) To show the reader how educated the Civil War soldiers were.
(d) To show the reader the various reasons why colored Civil War soldiers were asking for their pensions.

5. The character in "Hill Country" leaves the stack of worn planks outside where?
(a) A castle.
(b) Ancient ruins.
(c) A cabin.
(d) A barn.

6. In "The Angels," the speaker imagines what between the two angels, as she sleeps?
(a) A meal.
(b) A candle.
(c) A book.
(d) A deck of playing cards.

7. When the speaker of "The Angels" reflects on what it must be like to be an angel, about what does she think?
(a) What they must go through to continually come earth side to encourage us to not have fear.
(b) How simple their lives must be.
(c) What is must be like flying between heaven and earth.
(d) What it must be like working for God.

8. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," Stanza 4, the speaker and others, known as ‘we,’ want to do what?
(a) Something about all that has happened.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Flee.
(d) Forgive those who have sinned against them.

9. How is love described as pain, when singing "Wade in the Water"?
(a) Feeling the pain of those who were forced to wade in the water.
(b) Having to take a bath when you would rather still be out playing.
(c) Allowing one to feel what it was to run away, being chased by dogs and guns, and so many not surviving the escape.
(d) Loving one's first swim lessons.

10. Who is the character in "Hill Country" revealed to be?
(a) A woodsman.
(b) God.
(c) An angel.
(d) Abraham.

11. Why does the father plead to not have his family removed from the camp in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?
(a) One of his children is very sick.
(b) He has no home for them to stay in.
(c) He wants them to stay near him at the camp.
(d) His wife is ill and cannot care for the children.

12. How does the poem "Unwritten" begin?
(a) With a letter from Mary Jones to Charles Colcock Jones.
(b) With a letter from a slave.
(c) With a letter from Mary Jones to her slaves.
(d) With a letter from President Lincoln.

13. What is an issue with the pensions of the black Civil War soldiers?
(a) The legal names of these men do not always match their actual names.
(b) They have not served long enough to receive pensions.
(c) They are not citizens of the U.S.
(d) They are still slaves and do not need to be paid.

14. In Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," what happened time and time again?
(a) Slave owners freed their slaves.
(b) Families were cut apart quickly and without warning.
(c) Slaves were freed from bondage.
(d) Male slaves were regularly sold.

15. What will the other character do as you discover what each light, line, and shadow is in "A Man's World"?
(a) He will watch you.
(b) He will chuckle.
(c) He will leave you in peace.
(d) He will wink at you.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a reason why not being able to read or write hinders the paying of a pension deserved to former black Civil War soldiers?

2. 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?

3. As the angels speak, the speaker dares to look at them and sees what?

4. 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”?

5. 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?

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