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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the woman, in the third poem in the section titled "Drywater", take with her when she left?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Gold coins.
(c) Rubies.
(d) Silver coins.

2. What did Morrison call blessed, in the first poem in the section "Jamaica"?
(a) The children.
(b) The night.
(c) The life.
(d) The hope.

3. What kind of terror were "we" in by the hollow bush? (Poem 2- "Drywater")
(a) Watchful.
(b) Constant.
(c) Superior.
(d) Ignorant.

4. Why did Morrison claim the night described in the tenth poem ("Village Tapes") was the "greatest night of my life"?
(a) His friends were with him.
(b) His mother had found him again.
(c) He was with the woman he loved.
(d) He was on stage for the first time.

5. Who did the woman beg to marry her? (Poem 3- "Drywater")
(a) The master of sound.
(b) The spider-king.
(c) The King of Beasts.
(d) The writer of poetry.

6. What was Morrison describing in the poem under "Victimization"?
(a) A revival.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A mass.
(d) An awakening.

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

8. From the first poem in the section named "Jamaica", the hour of "what" ended?
(a) The flower.
(b) The wolf.
(c) The dog.
(d) The lion.

9. According to the first poem in the "Village Tapes" section, who lied?
(a) The trees.
(b) All the world.
(c) No one.
(d) The birds.

10. In poem one, "Drywater" section, what did Morrison say went down drains?
(a) Birds and their shadows.
(b) Hopes and dreams.
(c) Memories and the future.
(d) Drills and water.

11. Who, according to the second poem in the "Village Tapes" section, was hungry for steel?
(a) Birds.
(b) The sea.
(c) Lovers.
(d) "We" were.

12. What did Morison say a child gave into? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")
(a) The truth.
(b) Nightmares.
(c) Reality.
(d) Fear.

13. How did Morrison describe religion in the first poem from the section named "Drywater"?
(a) Quick to falter.
(b) A dying breed.
(c) Hope for the hopeless.
(d) Velvet furred.

14. Where did the people in the poem think they might be? (Poem 2- "Village Tapes")
(a) Heaven.
(b) Harlem.
(c) New York.
(d) Hell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were described as having an "insane free chummy cackle"? (Poem 1-"Drywater")

2. What did Morrison describe as having a "cold white neon bosom"? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

3. What did Morrison say that he had to leave? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")

4. Who did the speaker in the poem "Blessings" ask forgiveness from?

5. According to Morrison in the first poem in "Jamaica", what did grown men fear?

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