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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. How did Morrison describe the land on the schoolyard? (Poem 2- "Drywater")
(a) Unstoppable.
(b) Female.
(c) Mighty.
(d) Hidden.

2. What was ending at the schoolyard in the second poem in the "Drywater" section?
(a) Lunch.
(b) The school year.
(c) The school day.
(d) Play rehearsal.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was behind the nursery door? (Poem 5-"Jamaica")

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

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

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

5. What did Morrison compare the beak of the vulture to? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did Morrison ask for forgiveness from Blacks? (Poem 3- "Villages Tapes")

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

7. What did Morrison claim that he had to leave? ("Jamaica")

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

9. In the poem "Science of Night", whom is Morrison addressing?

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

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