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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Tradition"; Introduction; Part I, Legacy: "Homegoing, AD"; "The Weight"; "Lonely in America".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The self-help book that the author of "Lonely in America" tries to live by within the essay says that "to become free of disappointment, one must acknowledge the obvious, then" (37) do what?
(a) Become familiar with its underpinnings..
(b) Embrace it.
(c) Forget about it.
(d) Learn to live with it.

2. In the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones, what kind of state does the narrator say she found out North Carolina is?
(a) Long.
(b) Flat.
(c) Dry.
(d) Wide.

3. In what location did Granddaddy die within Kima Jones's poem "Homegoing, A.D."?
(a) In the bathtub.
(b) In his bed.
(c) In the backyard.
(d) On the porch.

4. What object does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones smell that lets her know they are close to their destination?
(a) The sea air.
(b) The popping corn.
(c) The paper mill.
(d) The magnolia tree.

5. What kind of trees does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, AD" by Kima Jones see that let her know they are close to their destination?
(a) Palm trees.
(b) Apple trees.
(c) Magnolia trees.
(d) Palmetto trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action does the speaker of the poem "Homegoing, A.D." say that she and those with her perform "cuz gator made for water, but children born for land" (18)?

2. What emotion does Jesmyn Ward say she feels when she looks at the works collected in The Fire This Time?

3. How does the author of "Lonely in America" say she would likely have handled being enslaved?

4. What is the name of the editor who curated the works in The Fire This Time?

5. Once the author of "The Weight" stopped reading James Baldwin's works in order to separate his own work from that of James Baldwin's, what is NOT one author he mentions reading voraciously?

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