2. Why does Hager not want Sandy to work at a hotel?
(a) Sandy will have to work late hours.
(b) She thinks that bad things go on at hotels.
(c) Hotels do not pay well.
(d) He is smarter than most people who work at hotels.

3. What had Tempy's employer left her as a token of her appreciation?
(a) A job.
(b) A home.
(c) A business.
(d) A car.

4. Sandy goes to work during the winter and overhears many stories and meets many people, learning to do what?
(a) How to make friends.
(b) Make jokes and shine shoes.
(c) Wash and cut hair.
(d) Check coats and talk to strangers.

5. When Sandy asked himself whether a black person should simply endure oppression and wait for heaven like Aunt Hager did, what was his response?
(a) Sandy decided he wanted to endure only some oppression.
(b) Sandy decided he wanted to wait for heaven.
(c) Sandy decided that he wanted to live.
(d) Sandy was still not sure.

6. Each night Sandy's mother would cry. Why?
(a) She had no money.
(b) She had no news from Jimboy.
(c) She wanted a better life for her son.
(d) She missed her mother.

7. Why did Sandy want to get away from Tempy?
(a) He thought she was too tight.
(b) She was verbally abusive.
(c) She was always stealing from him.
(d) She was very full of herself.

8. How did Sandy feel about moving in with Tempy?
(a) Happy.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Sad.

9. When Sandy tires of listening to the other men, what does he do?
(a) He reads a nearby billboard.
(b) He steps outside.
(c) He opens up a local newspaper.
(d) He buys the Chicago Defender.

10. Why did Hager stay with Miss Jeanne?
(a) She had no training.
(b) She did not know where to go.
(c) She had no place to go.
(d) She loved Miss Jeanne.

11. On another occasion, who did Sandy see naked?
(a) A black woman.
(b) A black man.
(c) A white woman.
(d) A white man.

12. Harriet says that __________________, black people cannot let brains go to waste.
(a) With the intelligence found in the black community.
(b) In a white man's world.
(c) With all the problems in the world.
(d) In a world full of hatred and greed.

13. What did Sandy's friend think about Sandy's relationship with Pansetta?
(a) That he had never dated her.
(b) That she had dated other boys at the same time.
(c) That he had "had" her.
(d) That he did not know Pansetta well.

14. Tempy sent Sandy to wire Annjee to let her know that Hager was sick. Why did the news not reach Annjee at this time?
(a) The address was no good.
(b) Hager died before Sandy could get a message wired to Annjee.
(c) Sandy forgot her address.
(d) She did not pick up her telegram.

15. Who did Sandy begin to think was the villain?
(a) The men.
(b) Pansetta.
(c) Tempy.
(d) His Aunt Harriet.