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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. One day after coming home from the hotel, Sandy finds Hager reading the evening paper; she sees an article claiming that Harriett and Maudel have been arrested for _____________ and fined "ten dollars and costs".
(a) Jay-walking.
(b) Prostitution.
(c) Stealing.
(d) Assault.

2. Sandy is--somewhat unofficially--dating who?
(a) Polly.
(b) Peggy.
(c) Pansetta.
(d) Poinsetta.

3. Why is Harriet supposed to come home?
(a) It is late.
(b) She said she would come home.
(c) Hager is very sick.
(d) The red-light district is no place for her.

4. What job is Sandy offered?
(a) Working as a bellhop's assistant at Drummer's hotel.
(b) Working as a shoe-shine boy at Drummer's hotel.
(c) Working as a shampoo boy at a barber-shop.
(d) Working as a taxi driver.

5. What does Hager tell Sandy about slavery?
(a) Slavery was pretty good.
(b) Slavery should be reinstated.
(c) Slavery was very bad.
(d) While slavery was very bad, it wasn't all bad.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sandy goes with his colored friends to the carnival, what happens?

2. Sandy saw Sister Johnson again and enjoyed listening to her talk about what?

3. Sandy came down with what illness?

4. What did Tempy and her husband's friends avoid?

5. What did Sandy win?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Harriett grown up? How is this revealed in what she says to Sandy and Annjee?

2. Of what does this first chapter largely consist?

3. What takes place in the Pool Hall? Why?

4. How does Sandy come to the decision to get his education? How does this change his mind?

5. What did Tempy and Arkins think of their low-class backgrounds? Should they feel this way? Why or why not?

6. How does the reader learn Hager's importance in the community?

7. What was the worst incident Sandy had to deal with at the hotel?

8. How is Sandy's hotel job, as mentioned in "Hey, Boy!" bad?

9. Why is Sandy to avoid lower-class women?

10. What is the other major event in this chapter? Are you surprised by this? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

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