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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 call out the windows to passersby.
(d) So he can smell the fresh air.

2. 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 even more evil.
(b) With peace.
(c) As best they can.
(d) By fleeing to Canada.

3. What does the character in "Hill Country" stave off in regard to the injured animal?
(a) Death.
(b) Further injury.
(c) Attack by vultures.
(d) Fear.

4. In "Garden of Eden," why does the narrator's arm get sore?
(a) From working out at the gym.
(b) From carrying a basket full of pastries and produce.
(c) From playing on a jungle gym.
(d) From flagging down a taxi.

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

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

7. For what does the woman plea at the beginning of ”I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?
(a) To have her husband's pension sent to her.
(b) To have her son released from the army,
(c) To have her husband released from the army.
(d) To have her son return home in one piece at the end of the war.

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) Many know their exact birth dates.
(b) Many are not exactly sure of their age or do not know their age at all.
(c) A few are not exactly sure of their age or do not know their age at all.
(d) All of the men are not exactly sure of their age or do not know their age at all.

9. In "Garden of Eden," the speaker would walk home doing mental math on how much she had spent and what would suddenly hit her?
(a) The known sun was setting on the dawning century.
(b) How little food she had purchased.
(c) How little she had in her bank account.
(d) How much she loved the Garden of Eden.

10. 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) Abundance and charity.
(b) Urban living and crowds.
(c) Dirty public transportation and being poor.
(d) Innocence and privacy.

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

12. 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 from a mother to her son.
(d) With a letter to Abraham Lincoln from a woman in Carlisle, PA.

13. 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 educated the Civil War soldiers were.
(b) To show the reader the various reasons why colored Civil War soldiers were asking for their pensions.
(c) To show the reader how polite the Civil War soldiers were.
(d) To show the reader how many left slavery to fight in the Civil War.

14. In "Declaration," an unnamed ‘he’ has sent officers to do what?
(a) Harass our people.
(b) Arrest the thieves.
(c) Declare peace.
(d) Sign a document.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker of "Deadly" says that those who are holy imagine a strong beast that attacks and kills what?

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

3. In "A Man's World," when the world is shown, to what is it compared?

4. The speaker of "The Greatest Personal Privation" is happy to live without these troubles of slavery and is what?

5. 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?

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