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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section X: Name in Uphill Letters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things does Kid Sleep say he doesn't care about/doesn't want to do in "Kid Sleepy"?
(a) Run around and work downtown.
(b) Help in the kitchen and help in the garden.
(c) Milk the cow and gather vegetables for dinner.
(d) Clean up his room and put away his toys.

2. What does the speaker say the sea is a wilderness of in "Long Trip"?
(a) Of beauty.
(b) Of all of God's creations.
(c) Of waves.
(d) Of animals.

3. What place is the speaker trying to avoid in "One-Way Ticket"?
(a) His mother's house.
(b) The South.
(c) His girlfriend's house.
(d) The police station.

4. What does the speaker in "Mother to Son" claim her life has NOT been?
(a) "No easy train to ride."
(b) "No crystal stair."
(c) "No happy path."
(d) "No happy tune."

5. What does the speaker pick up and take away in "One-Way Ticket"?
(a) His Bible.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His life.
(d) His sins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the speaker tired of in "One-Way Ticket"?

2. What is the little girl dreaming of in "To Be Somebody"?

3. Where is the dream a cocktail at in "Havana Dreams"?

4. What are the waves kissing in "Moonlight Night: Carmel"?

5. In the poem "Catch," what is Big Boy carrying on his shoulders?

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