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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through As I Look Back, Afterward.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the prisoner, in "Moment of Freedom", compared to in the poem?
(a) A mole.
(b) A bird.
(c) A lion.
(d) A child.

2. What did the principal think was in the building? (Poem 4-"Jamaica")
(a) A dead cat.
(b) A dead person.
(c) A dead dog.
(d) A dead cow.

3. What poem did Morrison write in high school?
(a) "Running with Steel".
(b) "A Sense of My Own".
(c) "Pride and Love".
(d) "Horse Latitudes".

4. Why did Morrison claim the night described in the tenth poem ("Village Tapes") was the "greatest night of my life"?
(a) His mother had found him again.
(b) He was with the woman he loved.
(c) He was on stage for the first time.
(d) His friends were with him.

5. Who was lost in the frozen woods? ( "Why does my mind circle around you")
(a) "Your child".
(b) "Your mind".
(c) "Your dog".
(d) "Your wonder".

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the woman, in the third poem in the section titled "Drywater", take with her when she left?

2. What did Morrison say that the man, who died in the pool, never saw?

3. In the fourth poem, from the section "As I look back", what coincided with Morrison's adolescence?

4. What did Morrison compare savages to in "Ode to LA"?

5. What was Morrison describing when he wrote "is a silver sluice bait"? (Poem 1- "Drywater")

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