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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Urban Youth," the speaker remembers her home and her mother’s worry as her father and siblings teach her what?
(a) To ride a bike.
(b) To play ball.
(c) To garden.
(d) To dance.

2. How are the angels described in "The Angels"?
(a) Grizzled and in leather bike gear.
(b) Much like most of humanity.
(c) White and glittering.
(d) Poor and in rags.

3. In “Watershed,” how is camera footage described?
(a) Filled with static and grainy with sounds that made it seem like a horror film.
(b) Bright, cheerful, and full of happy music.
(c) Clear and beautiful.
(d) Dark and hard to see.

4. In “Theatrical Improvisation,” the women crouch down around the man and tell him what?
(a) They will not rest until his kind is dead.
(b) The only way this country’s going to turn around is – it will be a bloodbath.
(c) He should be sorry.
(d) They forgive him.

5. How does "Wade in the Water" end?
(a) With the speaker being baptized.
(b) With the speaker going for a swim.
(c) With a bath.
(d) With a question – Is this love the trouble you promised?

Short Answer Questions

1. How does “The United States Welcomes You” end?

2. In “Eternity, Lama Temple,” the speaker watches others do what?

3. In "Ash," the speaker says the house that is made of skin and bones does not believe what?

4. In “Political Poem,” the work of these engines takes forever, and the speaker thinks of how he or she would love what?

5. “Unrest in Baton Rouge,” is inspired by a photo by whom?

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