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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Realm of Shades," those described in this poem are focused on what?
(a) A cool, dry home.
(b) Finding a place to hide.
(c) Running away.
(d) Their work.

2. What does the speaker in "Ghazal" ask regarding learning one’s name?
(a) What it will be like when those who have not known their name suddenly learn it.
(b) What the name will mean to them.
(c) Whether or not that name matters.
(d) What they will do with that name.

3. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," what does Mary Jones think is the greatest personal privation?
(a) Not having her two slaves, Patience and Phoebe.
(b) Having to leave her home and move north.
(c) Having to sell her slaves to others.
(d) Not having a new dress every season.

4. Why does the woman at the beginning of “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It” say the president will be blessed?
(a) He is a white man of priviledge.
(b) He is a saint among men.
(c) He truly cares about all of his citizens.
(d) He cares for the poor.

5. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” why does a wife ask her husband to send for her?
(a) She is still a slave.
(b) She does not know where he is.
(c) She is unable to leave her mistress.
(d) She does not have the money to get to him.

6. History in "Ghazal" is described as a ship that is always setting sail where the men on either shore do what?
(a) Call us names.
(b) Fight over our name.
(c) Tease us about our name.
(d) Destroy everything that is not our name.

7. In "The World is Your Beautiful Younger Sister," the world is compared to what?
(a) A wilde, savage place.
(b) A young, innocent woman taken advantage of by rough men.
(c) A locket on a chain.
(d) A young gazelle.

8. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” what is the general response in the list the responses of some when was asked their age?
(a) All of the men are not exactly sure of their age or do not know their age at all.
(b) Many know their exact birth dates.
(c) A few are not exactly sure of their age or do not know their age at all.
(d) Many are not exactly sure of their age or do not know their age at all.

9. 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 help free the rest of his family.
(b) The receiver of the letter to write to Abraham Lincoln on his behalf.
(c) The receiver of the letter to find his family for him.
(d) The receiver of the letter to care for his wife while he searches for the rest of his family.

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

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

12. In "A Man’s World," the speaker says that someone will very likely show you a world when?
(a) You are not paying attention.
(b) You are tired.
(c) You are alone.
(d) You are scared.

13. 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?
(a) They do not know what their legal names are, as they go by something else.
(b) They are not trusted to be the person deserving a pension.
(c) They do not know how to spell their names to request their pensions.
(d) They can steal pensions from other soldiers.

14. What will happen to those, including women and children, who do not follow the orders to leave camp in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?
(a) They will allowed to stay and rest.
(b) They will be sent away.
(c) They will be shot.
(d) They will be sent to jail.

15. 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 spreading of lies through famiies.
(c) Through regularly selling off male slaves.
(d) By the ending of slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," what happened time and time again?

2. What is an issue with the pensions of the black Civil War soldiers?

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

4. Of what do the memories of this "Garden of Eden" remind the speaker?

5. 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”?

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