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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) Mighty.
(b) Hidden.
(c) Female.
(d) Unstoppable.

2. Who did Morrison say was drinking from the swimming pool? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) The principal.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cow.
(d) A cat.

3. What made wine? (Poem 15- "Village Tapes")
(a) God.
(b) The sun.
(c) The night.
(d) Man.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the three-line poem, poem eighteen "Village Tapes", what did the people describe a race toward?

3. What did Morrison say was built up again? (Poem 1-"Jamaica")

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In the first poem from "The Village Tapes" section, what state is the world in?

6. In the fourth poem from the "Drywater" section, how did Morrison bring religious imagery into the poem?

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

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

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

10. What is happening in the poem "Cassandra at the Well"?

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