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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the speaker in "The Angels" slept, she feels what sense?
(a) Warmth and comfort.
(b) Panic and anxiety.
(c) Love and safety.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

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) $10,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $200.

5. When a holy person, as mentioned in "Deadly," imagines trembling, what is trembling in fear?
(a) Man.
(b) The entire natural world.
(c) The tiger.
(d) God.

6. How does "Wade in the Water" end?
(a) With a bath.
(b) With a question – Is this love the trouble you promised?
(c) With the speaker being baptized.
(d) With the speaker going for a swim.

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

8. 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) Mississippi.
(b) Virginia.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Tennessee.

9. 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?
(a) His wife is dying.
(b) His wife is ill and unable to care for their child.
(c) His wife is living with another man while he is away.
(d) His wife is abusive and unfit to be a mother.

10. Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation" tells of the families destroyed how?
(a) Through the selling off of all the parts that make up a family.
(b) By the ending of slavery.
(c) By the spreading of lies through famiies.
(d) Through regularly selling off male slaves.

11. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a man who was able to free himself and his wife asked in the letter for what to happen?
(a) The receiver of the letter to find his family for him.
(b) The receiver of the letter to write to Abraham Lincoln on his behalf.
(c) The receiver of the letter to care for his wife while he searches for the rest of his family.
(d) The receiver of the letter to help free the rest of his family.

12. After driving for awhile, the character in "Hill Country" gets out and walks along a limestone bank, noticing what?
(a) The steepness of its incline.
(b) There is no one there.
(c) The nature and wildlife around him.
(d) How the bank is eroding.

13. In "Hill Country," the speaker describes someone as he travels where?
(a) To the river from a high peak.
(b) Down from high above in the hills and the place where he is surrounded by peace and quiet.
(c) Down from a high bridge to still water.
(d) To the mountains from the city.

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

15. How does “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It” begin?
(a) With a letter from a woman to her slave owner.
(b) With a letter from a wife to her husband.
(c) With a letter to Abraham Lincoln from a woman in Carlisle, PA.
(d) With a letter from a mother to her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ghazal," to what does the speaker compare to the stealing of someone’s name?

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. What is the reason Mary gives for why it would not be in the best interest of the slaves to be set free?

4. The character in "Hill Country" can almost believe in what?

5. In "A Man’s World," the speaker says that someone will very likely show you a world when?

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