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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a slave asks President Lincoln advise on how to leave his mistress. Why?
(a) He does not want to offend his mistress.
(b) He does not have the means to leave.
(c) His mistress refuses to let him go.
(d) He feels guilty leaving his mistress.

2. The speaker remembers angels once in a hotel room. Why were they there?
(a) To observe her.
(b) To take to her heaven.
(c) To scare her.
(d) To pass on a message to her.

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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) How much she loved the Garden of Eden.
(b) The known sun was setting on the dawning century.
(c) How little she had in her bank account.
(d) How little food she had purchased.

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

10. 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 unable to leave her mistress.
(b) She does not have the money to get to him.
(c) She does not know where he is.
(d) She is still a slave.

11. The speaker of "The Greatest Personal Privation" is happy to live without these troubles of slavery and is what?
(a) Willing to run away.
(b) At peace with God.
(c) Willing to ask her owner to free her.
(d) Hoping to be freed soon.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker of "The Greatest Personal Privation" says they do not want those who are descendants of the people sold as property to know their history. Why?

2. Who is the character in "Hill Country" revealed to be?

3. How is love described as pain, when singing "Wade in the Water"?

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

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

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