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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” there is a collection of addresses to various people. What is the purpose of this collection?

2. What will happen to those, including women and children, who do not follow the orders to leave camp in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

3. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a husband writes to his wife, encouraging her to bring herself and their children, including the baby he has never met, to him in what state?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tracy uses simple, yet meaningful, descriptive language in her poems. Describe the language used in these poems. What similarities can be found within all of the poems? How does her descriptive language affect the tone of the poems as well as the feelings of the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Who are the characters found in Tracy's poetry? What do the characters have in common? What is the narrator‘s relationship to the various characters? What might Tracy‘s relationship be with the characters she creates?

Essay Topic 3

Many of Smith's poems contain descriptive language. Choose one of her poems that is a good example of this. What is the purpose of this language? How does this language affect the reader? How different would the poem be without this type of language? Why?

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