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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. While discussing the possibility of a trip to _____________, Jeff learns about the financial troubles Melody left.
(a) England
(b) Germany
(c) Florida
(d) Spain

2. Melody makes sure to say that she would never work for or be supported by ___________.
(a) A man
(b) A Jew
(c) A white woman
(d) A professor

3. How does Jeff find out that his mother left him and his father to go help other people?
(a) He doesn't
(b) Note
(c) Phone call
(d) Email

4. What does Gambo say of Jeff as she is looking at him and telling others to look as well?
(a) He looks like Melody
(b) He is handsome
(c) He is short
(d) He is too much like his father

5. Who raised Melody when she was growing up, as Jeff finds out during a lunch they share?
(a) Aunt Booty
(b) Francine
(c) Aunt Georgina
(d) Gambo

Short Answer Questions

1. The boyfriend tells Jeff that Melody married the Professor because she was ______________.

2. What must Jeff hurry to do as he has stayed at the island for such a long time?

3. Melody's boyfriend tells her to not be any more ______________ "than you can help."

4. Jeff becomes talented at reading the Professor's ____________ and figuring out what he might want.

5. Melody becomes upset with Jeff at first because everyone else has already _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jeff feel that his schooling is a waste of time and a waste of money?

2. What does Jeff see as he lingers a bit on more on the island before returning to Baltimore?

3. What does Jeff do when he goes to the island for one final time in Charleston?

4. What does Jeff do in order to feel healed and to feel at home once more?

5. What does Jeff do with the money he saves up from his weekly allowance he receives from his father?

6. What does Melody tell Jeff about the river in Charleston when they are out exploring the tow?

7. What does the Professor give to Jeff for Christmas, which causes Jeff to cry?

8. What does Melody's new boyfriend, Max, refuse to let Jeff do when he is staying with them?

9. Why does Jeff feel disappointed about Gambo when he arrives to visit with her?

10. What doesn't Jeff mind about waiting at the airport for his mother?

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