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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XIII: Words Like Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Miss Michaelmas in "Southern Mammy Sings"?
(a) At mass.
(b) In her yard.
(c) At a funeral.
(d) In her garden.

2. Where does Madam dream of playing the numbers in "Madam and the Number Writer"?
(a) In heaven.
(b) Out in public like white people.
(c) Back in Atlanta with her family.
(d) In a very classy gambling club in Vegas.

3. What kind of diploma does the character in "Graduation" get?
(a) One saying she is now fluent in German.
(b) One saying she is now fluent in Spanish.
(c) One from a cooking school.
(d) One from a typing school.

4. How are the poems in "Selected Poems of Langston Hughes" organized?
(a) Randomly.
(b) Alphabetically.
(c) By publication date.
(d) By thematic section.

5. What country is NOT mentioned in any of the poems in "Sea and Land"?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Thailand.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is all that a snail knows in "Snail"?

2. What job does Ruby Brown have when the poem of her same name starts?

3. Where are people meeting to plan the parade in "Parade"?

4. What is so exceptional about the Freedom Train mentioned in "Freedom Train"?

5. What is Joy driving in "Joy"?

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