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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. In poem two, of the section "Jamaica", where are the Major's boots?
(a) By the sink.
(b) Where he left them.
(c) By the highway.
(d) In the shed.

2. In the poem that began "I fell on the earth", what seats were the people described as sleek and fat buckled into?
(a) Train seats.
(b) Bus seats.
(c) Car seats.
(d) Airplane seats.

3. What strangled the cliffs in the East? (Poem 1- "Village Tapes")
(a) Lovers.
(b) Houses.
(c) Nests.
(d) Birds.

4. In the poem that began "Cobra sun/Fever smile", at the end, who came?
(a) Death.
(b) God.
(c) America.
(d) Asia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the woman beg to marry her? (Poem 3- "Drywater")

2. In the poem "Blessings", where did the ancient wisdom travel from to greet "us"?

3. From the first poem in the section named "Jamaica", the hour of "what" ended?

4. How many drops of rain suffice when "one is not deluged by rain"? (Poem 4- "Drywater")

5. What did the principal think was in the building? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Morrison describe in the poem "Jamaica"?

2. What did Morrison say mated? ("Drywater")

3. What did Morrison say America did to him? ("Jamaica")

4. In the poem from the section "Jamaica", what did Morrison describe was happening?

5. What did Morrison state that children and men feared? ("Jamaica")

6. What did Morrison say needed to be done about the situation that the pilots were in? (Poem 2-"Village Tapes")

7. In the ninth poem from the "Village Tapes" section, who is Morrison looking for?

8. How did Morrison describe the vultures in the poem from the section "Jamaica"?

9. Morrison described the appearance of the the inhabitants of the island. How did Morrison describe the appearance of the men and women? ("Jamaica")

10. Why did Morrison claim that "I deserve this" at the end of the final poem from the "Drywater" section?

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