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"The Negro Speaks of Rivers" - "Let America Be America Again"

1. The speaker of the poem entitled "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" uses a simile to state that what object of his has "grown deep like the rivers" (3)?
(a) His mind.
(b) His passion.
(c) His aura.
(d) His soul.

2. The second poem within Vintage Hughes focuses on the stories of whom?
(a) Grandpa Joel.
(b) Aunt Sue.
(c) Uncle Mike.
(d) Cousin Tom.

3. The speaker of the poem "Negro" states that he has been a singer "all the way from Africa" (5) to where?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Timbuktu.

4. What term does Hughes use to describe the Mexican Market Woman in the first line of the poem of the same title?
(a) Seer.
(b) Crone.
(c) Hag.
(d) Queen.

5. The speaker of the poem entitled "The South" says that the South smells of what scent?
(a) Oppression.
(b) Gumbo.
(c) Magnolias.
(d) Clean laundry.

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