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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the sick child who was removed from the camp with his family in “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?
(a) He dies, and his father buries him.
(b) He survives for a few more months.
(c) He is ill but arrives at the family's new home safely.
(d) He is treated by the Army physician and heals.

2. History in "Ghazal" is described as a ship that is always setting sail where the men on either shore do what?
(a) Tease us about our name.
(b) Fight over our name.
(c) Call us names.
(d) Destroy everything that is not our name.

3. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” there is a collection of addresses to various people. What is the purpose of this collection?
(a) To show the reader how polite the Civil War soldiers were.
(b) To show the reader how many left slavery to fight in the Civil War.
(c) To show the reader how educated the Civil War soldiers were.
(d) To show the reader the various reasons why colored Civil War soldiers were asking for their pensions.

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” how much money did a man say he raised to free himself and his wife?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $200.
(c) $2,000.
(d) $1,000.

5. What is the reason Mary gives for why it would not be in the best interest of the slaves to be set free?
(a) They are too needed on the plantation.
(b) They could not survive among free society.
(c) They cannot be trusted.
(d) They are in a degraded state.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After the Civil War, for what did many Black soldiers struggle to receive from the U.S. government?

3. In Stanza 5 of "The Greatest Personal Privation," what happened time and time again?

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 "The World is Your Beautiful Younger Sister," the world is compared to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the poet say about age in "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It"?

2. What does the stranger say to the narrator in "Wade in the Water"? How does this affect the narrator?

3. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," what does the narrator say in Stanza 1?

4. In "The Garden of Eden," what does the narrator remember doing after she finished her shopping?

5. Where is the Garden of Eden located, and what does the narrator enjoy about it?

6. How does the poem "The Greatest Personal Privation" begin?

7. What does the narrator in "A Man's World" say will happen to someone who is shown the whole world?

8. How does "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It" begin?

9. After the letters in "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It," what does the poet include?

10. What does the narrator notice about one of the angels? How does this bring her a sense of hope?

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