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

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

3. According to Morrison in the first poem in "Jamaica", what did grown men fear?
(a) His reality.
(b) His lies.
(c) His fears.
(d) His truths.

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

5. What was the brain filled with? (Poem 1- "Drywater)
(a) Insanity.
(b) Birds.
(c) Memories.
(d) Clocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tires did the people in the poem (Poem 2-"Village Tapes") ride on out of the airport?

2. What was Morrison describing in the poem under "Victimization"?

3. Where did Morrison say, in the first poem of the "Drywater" section, say that men assembled at to create armies and find foes to fight?

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

5. What "stunned the earth" in the second poem of the "Drywater" section?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the first poem of the section titled "Drywater", how did Morrison describe the night?

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

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

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

5. What message did Morrison claim was being sent at the end of the fourth poem in the "Drywater" section?

6. In the poem that began "Blessings", what is Morrison asking readers to do?

7. What did the poem that began "Silver shaken in the gloom" speak about?

8. In the second poem from the "Drywater" section, what did Morrison say was happening in the schoolyard?

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

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

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