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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. Who is the character in "Hill Country" revealed to be?
(a) An angel.
(b) God.
(c) Abraham.
(d) A woodsman.

2. 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 son released from the army,
(b) To have her husband's pension sent to her.
(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.

3. In "Realm of Shades," what does the speaker wonder when she thinks about our shadows on the ground?
(a) How many shadows have passed this way?
(b) Where do shadows come from?
(c) How much more will we bury in the earth?
(d) What hides in the shadows?

4. In "Deadly," what two creatures are discussed?
(a) A tiger and man.
(b) Man and woman.
(c) A vulture and a buzzard.
(d) A tiger and a lion.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The speaker of "The Greatest Personal Privation" says in Stanza 1 it is terrible belonging to this woman. Why?

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

4. 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”?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does God in "Hill Country" roll down the windows of his jeep? What else does he do that is connected to this?

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

5. What does the narrator in "The Angels" think about the role of the angel?

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

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

8. In "Declaration," what have officers been sent to do?

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

10. What does the narrator notice about one of the angels? How does this bring her a sense of hope?

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