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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the speaker in "Wade in the Water" painful grief?
(a) The river in which people wade.
(b) The people in chains.
(c) The fear in everyone's eyes.
(d) The woman going to each stranger saying, "I love you" and meaning it.

2. The character in "Hill Country" can almost believe in what?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Something larger than himself.
(c) Escape.
(d) Love.

3. The character in "Hill Country" comes down the road in his jeep with the windows rolled down. Why?
(a) So he can feel the branches as they brush against the vehicle and himself.
(b) So he can smell the fresh air.
(c) So he can air out his smelly jeep.
(d) So he can call out the windows to passersby.

4. In "Garden of Eden," why does the narrator's arm get sore?
(a) From flagging down a taxi.
(b) From working out at the gym.
(c) From playing on a jungle gym.
(d) From carrying a basket full of pastries and produce.

5. Of what do the memories of this "Garden of Eden" remind the speaker?
(a) Brooklyn and being in her thirties.
(b) Her childhood.
(c) College life.
(d) Her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is love described as pain, when singing "Wade in the Water"?

2. The speaker of "Deadly" says that those who are holy imagine a strong beast that attacks and kills what?

3. In "Garden of Eden," the speaker would walk home doing mental math on how much she had spent and what would suddenly hit her?

4. As the angels speak, the speaker dares to look at them and sees what?

5. After driving for awhile, the character in "Hill Country" gets out and walks along a limestone bank, noticing what?

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