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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 will the other character do as you discover what each light, line, and shadow is in "A Man's World"?
(a) He will leave you in peace.
(b) He will watch you.
(c) He will chuckle.
(d) He will wink at you.

2. The character in "Hill Country" passes what injured animal?
(a) A skunk.
(b) A cat.
(c) A deer.
(d) A dog.

3. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," what does Mary Jones think is the greatest personal privation?
(a) Not having her two slaves, Patience and Phoebe.
(b) Not having a new dress every season.
(c) Having to sell her slaves to others.
(d) Having to leave her home and move north.

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

5. Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation" tells of the families destroyed how?
(a) Through the selling off of all the parts that make up a family.
(b) By the ending of slavery.
(c) By the spreading of lies through famiies.
(d) Through regularly selling off male slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the speaker of "The Angels" reflects on what it must be like to be an angel, about what does she think?

2. As the speaker in "The Angels" slept, she feels what sense?

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

4. What happens to the sick child who was removed from the camp with his family in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is history like a ship, in "Ghazal"?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the narrator in "A Man's World" say will happen to someone who is shown the whole world?

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

8. What is the difference between the power of a tiger and the power of man, according to the narrator in the poem "Deadly"?

9. 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?

10. After the letters in "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It," what does the poet include?

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