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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Jamaica.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In poem 4,"Jamaica", what did the principal hold?
(a) His eyes shut.
(b) His ears.
(c) His stomach.
(d) His nose.

2. Who was lost in the frozen woods? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")
(a) "Your child".
(b) "Your wonder".
(c) "Your dog".
(d) "Your mind".

3. Who is "Wilderness" dedicated to?
(a) Victoria Smithe.
(b) Barbara Morrison.
(c) Pamela Susan.
(d) Teddy Monroe.

4. How did Morrison describe the "couplings out in the night", in the fourth poem from the section titled "Jamaica"?
(a) Coherent.
(b) Bewildered.
(c) Insane.
(d) Doubting.

5. What did the principal think was in the building? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) A dead cow.
(b) A dead dog.
(c) A dead cat.
(d) A dead person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Morrison say to poke holes in? ("Ode to LA")

2. What grade, in school, did Morrison write his first poem?

3. What did Morrison call blessed, in the first poem in the section "Jamaica"?

4. What did the monarch, in "I am a guide to the Labyrinth", sink into?

5. What did Morrison say was a child's first moment of freedom?

(see the answer key)

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