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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "The Angels," the speaker imagines what between the two angels, as she sleeps?
(a) A candle.
(b) A book.
(c) A deck of playing cards.
(d) A meal.

3. Of what do the memories of this "Garden of Eden" remind the speaker?
(a) Her childhood.
(b) Brooklyn and being in her thirties.
(c) Her family.
(d) College life.

4. What is an issue with the pensions of the black Civil War soldiers?
(a) The legal names of these men do not always match their actual names.
(b) They are still slaves and do not need to be paid.
(c) They are not citizens of the U.S.
(d) They have not served long enough to receive pensions.

5. 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 nature and wildlife around him.
(c) The steepness of its incline.
(d) There is no one there.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. How does the poem "Unwritten" begin?

3. What will the other character do as you discover what each light, line, and shadow is in "A Man's World"?

4. Why are sentences left incomplete in "Declaration"?

5. In “Unwritten,” how does the slave feel towards her mistress?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the characters described as speaking to each other in "Driving to Ottawa"? To what is this compared?

2. What does the poet say about age in "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It"?

3. How does the poem "The Greatest Personal Privation" begin?

4. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," what does the narrator say in Stanza 1?

5. What memories does reflecting on the "Garden of Eden" bring up?

6. Where is the Garden of Eden located, and what does the narrator enjoy about it?

7. How are the angels in "The Angels" described?

8. What does the stranger say to the narrator in "Wade in the Water"? How does this affect the narrator?

9. What are two of the circumstances in "Wade in the Water" in which the narrator describes feelings of love?

10. How have those who are attacked in "Declaration" respond? How do the attackers react?

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