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

2. 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 truly cares about all of his citizens.
(c) He is a saint among men.
(d) He cares for the poor.

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

4. 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) To the river from a high peak.
(c) Down from a high bridge to still water.
(d) To the mountains from the city.

5. 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 much she loved the Garden of Eden.
(c) How little food she had purchased.
(d) How little she had in her bank account.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the angels speak, the speaker dares to look at them and sees what?

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

3. 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”?

4. After driving for awhile, the character in "Hill Country" gets out and walks along a limestone bank, noticing what?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the destruction of the world compared to a sister who is abused in "The World is Your Beautiful Younger Sister"?

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

3. How does the poem "Unwritten" begin?

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

5. What is the reason given in "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It" for why the men have difficulty receiving their pensions?

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

7. From where does the character in "Hill Country" come?

8. What is the understanding of work for the characters in "Realm of Shades"?

9. How does "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It" begin?

10. What takes place in the second letter of "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It"?

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