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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. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a slave asks President Lincoln advise on how to leave his mistress. Why?
(a) He does not want to offend his mistress.
(b) He feels guilty leaving his mistress.
(c) His mistress refuses to let him go.
(d) He does not have the means to leave.

2. In "The Greatest Personal Privation," if these people turn out to be evil, then the speaker and others like her will meet this evil how?
(a) With peace.
(b) With even more evil.
(c) As best they can.
(d) By fleeing to Canada.

3. What will the other character do as you discover what each light, line, and shadow is in "A Man's World"?
(a) He will leave you in peace.
(b) He will watch you.
(c) He will chuckle.
(d) He will wink at you.

4. In "Realm of Shades," those described in this poem are focused on what?
(a) A cool, dry home.
(b) Finding a place to hide.
(c) Running away.
(d) Their work.

5. In "The Angels," the speaker imagines what between the two angels, as she sleeps?
(a) A book.
(b) A deck of playing cards.
(c) A candle.
(d) A meal.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. The character in "Hill Country" leaves the stack of worn planks outside where?

3. In "The Angels," who does the speaker say spoke to angels as she was dying?

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?

5. How are the angels described in "The Angels"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the reason given in "I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It" for why the men have difficulty receiving their pensions?

3. From where does the character in "Hill Country" come?

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

5. What does the narrator in "The Angels" think about the role of the angel?

6. Why does God in "Hill Country" roll down the windows of his jeep? What else does he do that is connected to this?

7. How have those who are attacked in "Declaration" respond? How do the attackers react?

8. How are the characters described as speaking to each other in "Driving to Ottawa"? To what is this compared?

9. What is the difference between the power of a tiger and the power of man, according to the narrator in the poem "Deadly"?

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

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