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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the second poem in the "Drywater" section, who was described as "winning"?
(a) The teachers.
(b) The children.
(c) The good guys.
(d) The bad guys.

2. In the poem "Blessings", where did the ancient wisdom travel from to greet "us"?
(a) The South.
(b) The North.
(c) The East.
(d) The West.

3. What did Morrison say was built up again? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")
(a) His hope.
(b) The light.
(c) The dam.
(d) The world.

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

5. What did Morrison say that he had to leave? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")
(a) The island.
(b) The earth.
(c) The world.
(d) The galaxy.

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

7. What did "we" do to send "our" gift into the vast promise? (Poem 2- "Village Tapes")
(a) Cry.
(b) Laugh.
(c) Sing.
(d) Scream.

8. Who did the speaker in the poem "Blessings" ask forgiveness from?
(a) Birds.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Gods.

9. What did Morrison describe "like a white funereal butterfly barge"? (Poem 5- "Jamaica")
(a) A bed.
(b) A sheet on the clothesline.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A dress.

10. How did Morrison describe the pictures of the boxing match? (Poem 2-"Jamaica")
(a) "Unrealistic reality".
(b) "Off-color prints".
(c) "Period prints".
(d) "A beating of reverse".

11. What did the men, described by Morrison, wear in the poem? (Poem 1- "Jamaica")
(a) Robes of gold.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Tunics or short skirts.
(d) Holy jeans.

12. In the poem "Silence of Night", what is described as being in the "starry night"?
(a) A hawk.
(b) The waning moon.
(c) An airplane.
(d) A bird.

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

14. What did the girl in black search for in her car? (Poem 5- "Drywater")
(a) Keys.
(b) Lipstick.
(c) Purse.
(d) Money.

15. What did Morrison name the boxing match at the end of the poem? (Poem 2-"Jamaica")
(a) "A Negro Dance".
(b) "A Blip in Life".
(c) "A Consistant Battle".
(d) "A Fight of Fear".

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the third poem in the section "Drywater", what wasted and swayed forever?

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

3. What was ending at the schoolyard in the second poem in the "Drywater" section?

4. What were the "great beasts" suffering from in the eleventh poem from the "Village Tapes" section?

5. What was described as "mating deep in the Western night"? (Poem 1-"Drywater")

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