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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the Civil War, for what did many Black soldiers struggle to receive from the U.S. government?
(a) Health insurance.
(b) Housing.
(c) Jobs.
(d) A military pension.

2. In "The Angels," who does the speaker say spoke to angels as she was dying?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

3. Why are sentences left incomplete in "Declaration"?
(a) To confuse the reader.
(b) To reveal how the lives of the characters are incomplete.
(c) To show the confusion of the speaker.
(d) To leave it to the reader to fill in the blank of what has been stolen or destroyed.

4. In “Unwritten,” how does the slave feel towards her mistress?
(a) She does not feel sorry for her and her privation.
(b) She cannot wait to be freed and away from her mistress.
(c) She hates her passionately.
(d) She does not wish her mistress to suffer.

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

6. 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 is treated by the Army physician and heals.
(c) He dies, and his father buries him.
(d) He is ill but arrives at the family's new home safely.

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

8. What causes the speaker in "Wade in the Water" painful grief?
(a) The woman going to each stranger saying, "I love you" and meaning it.
(b) The fear in everyone's eyes.
(c) The people in chains.
(d) The river in which people wade.

9. In "Ghazal," to what does the speaker compare to the stealing of someone’s name?
(a) Pickpocketing a naive tourist.
(b) Attacking and robbing someone at gunpoint.
(c) Stealing money from a bank or precious jewels from a safe.
(d) Working in the fields and stripping the stalks of stolen crops.

10. 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”?
(a) Her husband is dead, and she is dying.
(b) She is dying and wants her family around her.
(c) Her husband has died, and she is in need.
(d) Her son is dying, and she wants her husband there with him.

11. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," if these people turn out to be evil, then the speaker and others like her will meet this evil how?
(a) With peace.
(b) With even more evil.
(c) As best they can.
(d) By fleeing to Canada.

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

13. 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.

14. Who does the speaker in "Ghazal" say has been taught their name?
(a) The chosen few.
(b) Many.
(c) Everyone.
(d) No one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In "Declaration," the people have reminded those in power of how they came to live in this nation, taken captive where?

3. The character in "Hill Country" comes down the road in his jeep with the windows rolled down. Why?

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

5. 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?

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