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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Garden of Eden," the speaker would walk home doing mental math on how much she had spent and what would suddenly hit her?
(a) How much she loved the Garden of Eden.
(b) How little food she had purchased.
(c) How little she had in her bank account.
(d) The known sun was setting on the dawning century.

2. In “Watershed,” the speaker in italics feels him or herself being pulled up through what?
(a) The ground.
(b) The center of the earth.
(c) The many floors of the hospital up to the sky.
(d) The attic.

3. The character in "Hill Country" passes what injured animal?
(a) A dog.
(b) A deer.
(c) A skunk.
(d) A cat.

4. In “Watershed,” what is a pipe dispensing?
(a) Brown goo.
(b) Black tar.
(c) Green liquid.
(d) Clean water.

5. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a man who was able to free himself and his wife asked in the letter for what to happen?
(a) The receiver of the letter to find his family for him.
(b) The receiver of the letter to help free the rest of his family.
(c) The receiver of the letter to write to Abraham Lincoln on his behalf.
(d) The receiver of the letter to care for his wife while he searches for the rest of his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The United States Welcomes You,” the speaker asks if the person is there in regard to whom?

2. In "The Angels," the speaker imagines what between the two angels, as she sleeps?

3. In “Unrest in Baton Rouge,” the narrator describes how people watch and are saddened by violent actions but then do what?

4. The character in "Hill Country" climbs back into the jeep and drives off back to where?

5. In “Watershed,” what does the speaker first describe?

(see the answer key)

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