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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of Bernice's husbands was an alcoholic?
(a) Her third husband.
(b) Her first husband.
(c) Her fourth husband.
(d) Her second husband.

2. How does F. Jasmin knock the solider out?
(a) She hits him over the head with a water basin.
(b) She breaks a glass water pitcher over his head.
(c) She hits him in the head with a baseball bat.
(d) She hits him over the head with a lead pipe.

3. Instead of taking F. Jasmin dancing, where does the solider take her instead?
(a) Back home.
(b) His room.
(c) A local bar.
(d) The banks of the river.

4. What did Mr. Addams keep under the handkerchief along with his pistol?
(a) A book on how to shoot a gun.
(b) His wedding ring.
(c) A photo of Frankie's mother.
(d) A Bible.

5. What does F. Jasmin, Bernice, and John Henry all do, suddenly, at the same time in the darkening kitchen?
(a) They start cleaning.
(b) They laugh.
(c) They cry.
(d) They fall asleep.

6. Who was Ludie Freeman?
(a) Bernice's second husband who cheated on her with another woman.
(b) Bernice's fourth husband who was killed in the military.
(c) Bernice's first husband and the only man she truely loved.
(d) Bernice's third husband who abused her.

7. Which character says, "We all of us somehow caught. We born this way or that way and we don't know why. But we caught anyhow..."?
(a) Mr. Addams.
(b) F. Jasmin.
(c) John Henry.
(d) Bernice.

8. What does F. Jasmin recall for Bernice's mom?
(a) Evelyn Owen.
(b) A dream in which she faced an opening door.
(c) The solider that she met from the Blue Moon.
(d) Stealing a pocketknife from Sears and Roebuck.

9. According to F. Jasmin, what did all of the people that she knew who had been locked up in the jail have in common?
(a) They were all colored.
(b) They were all women.
(c) They were all white,
(d) They were all men.

10. What color is the dress that F. Jasmin plans on wearing to the wedding?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Orange.
(c) Pink.
(d) Purple.

11. How does F. Jasmin feel as she proceeds into town for her date with the solider from the Blue Moon?
(a) She feels that she is doing the right thing.
(b) She feels that the date is a mistake.
(c) She feels that she should have spent the night at Bernice's house.
(d) She feels that she should leave with the solider.

12. What happens when Bernice tries to reason with Frankie about her wedding plans?
(a) She changes her plans and decides to leave with the solider from the Blue Moon.
(b) She changes her plans and decides to travel on her own after the wedding.
(c) She listens and decides to return home after the wedding.
(d) She will not listen and she insists on being called by her new name.

13. What no longer scares F. Jasmin now that she knows she is leaving?
(a) Sears & Roebuck.
(b) The Blue Moon.
(c) The girls' club.
(d) The jail.

14. After telling F. Jasmin about her four marriages, what does Bernice warn F. Jasmin of?
(a) Running away from home.
(b) Dating a solider.
(c) Choosing the wedding as her first love.
(d) Marrying a lot of men.

15. Why does F. Jasmin go to Bernice's house?
(a) To have her fortune told by Bernice's mother.
(b) To meet Bernice's new beau.
(c) To talk to Bernice about her soldier friend.
(d) To escape her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What street does Bernice live on?

2. What Bible verse does Bernice reference while speaking with F. Jasmin about the wedding?

3. A few minutes after 5:00 pm, what does F. Jasmin try to describe to Bernice?

4. Where is Bernice's house located?

5. When did Ludie die?

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