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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The character in "Hill Country" leaves the stack of worn planks outside where?
(a) A barn.
(b) Ancient ruins.
(c) A cabin.
(d) A castle.

2. In "Declaration," the people have reminded those in power of how they came to live in this nation, taken captive where?
(a) In the wild west.
(b) In the cotton fields.
(c) From their native lands.
(d) On the high seas.

3. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," Stanza 4, the speaker and others, known as ‘we,’ want to do what?
(a) Flee.
(b) Something about all that has happened.
(c) Forgive those who have sinned against them.
(d) Nothing.

4. In "Hill Country," the speaker describes someone as he travels where?
(a) Down from a high bridge to still water.
(b) Down from high above in the hills and the place where he is surrounded by peace and quiet.
(c) To the mountains from the city.
(d) To the river from a high peak.

5. How is love described as pain, when singing "Wade in the Water"?
(a) Loving one's first swim lessons.
(b) Having to take a bath when you would rather still be out playing.
(c) Allowing one to feel what it was to run away, being chased by dogs and guns, and so many not surviving the escape.
(d) Feeling the pain of those who were forced to wade in the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the character in "Hill Country" stave off in regard to the injured animal?

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

3. For what does the woman plea at the beginning of ”I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

4. Why does the father plead to not have his family removed from the camp in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

5. In "Garden of Eden," why does the narrator's arm get sore?

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