October Mourning: A Song For Matthew Shepard Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does the fence say about being a shrine? (from "The Fence (one week later)" - "A Chorus of Parents")

It is preferable to having no meaning.

It is preferable to being the scene of a crime.

It is preferable to being a device of torture.

It is preferable to being alone.

2.

Who or what narrates the poem "A Sorry State"? (from "The Fence (before)" - "Signs of Trouble")

The State of Wyoming.

McKinney.

The road.

The truck.

3.

Into what shape are the lines of the poem "Jury Selection" arranged? (from "The Church Lady" - "Pilgrimage")

A judge's gavel.

A Bible.

Jail bars.

A syringe.

4.

How much money did McKinney and Henderson steal from Shepard? (from "The Church Lady" - "Pilgrimage")

Five dollars.

Two hundred dollars.

Twenty dollars.

Fifty dollars.

5.

What is the mother in the poem "A Mother" trying to convey when she tries to write to Shepard's family that she does not "agree / with what the priest says" (63)? (from "The Fence (one week later)" - "A Chorus of Parents")

The mother is saying she does not believe McKinney and Henderson were justified in what they did.

The mother is saying she does not believe homosexuals will go to hell.

The mother is saying she does not think the world is better off with Shepard dead.

The mother is saying she does not think that Shepard is a child of God.

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