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Tambourines to Glory Quiz

Langston Hughes
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Tambourines to Glory Quiz

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1)

What is ironic about Chicken-Crow-For-Day saying he has been washed clean and white by the love of God? (from Chapters 11, 12 and 13)

Because he is already white.
Because no one believes God loves them.
Because they really don't expect God to be there.
Because he is so dark skinned.
2)

Where does Essie want to open a nursery? (from Chapter 36)

Across the street above the bakery.
In the basement of the church.
In an abandoned home down the street.
She has no plans for a nursery.
3)

Who does Laura meet as she is closing the church one night? (from Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18)

Buddy.
Chicken-Crow-For-Day.
Birdie Lee.
Zora.
4)

What does Essie think Laura should be thinking? (from Chapters 11, 12 and 13)

Of how they are going to keep the authorities from interferring.
Of the future.
Of how to get the people to donate more money.
Of the souls they're saving with their preaching.
5)

What scheme does Buddy suggest for making more money? (from Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18)

Cutting back on the bribes to the police.
Selling prayer shawls from "Jerusalem."
Giving potential gambling numbers during the preaching.
Telling the congregation that Essie is dying and needs help.
6)

When does Marietta come to live with Essie? (from Chapters 21 and 22)

After her junior year of high school.
After finishing high school.
After college.
When she is 15.
7)

About what is Essie's prayer? (from Chapter 36)

That Laura will be given a light sentence.
That Laura will become the kind of preacher of which she is really able.
That Buddy really had been saved before he dies.
Thanking God for all he has done and will do.
8)

Who does Essie call forward during her sermon? (from Chapter 36)

Laura.
Birdie Lee.
Marietta.
Suzette.
9)

What does Laura discover after she has talked about her life for some time? (from Chapters 19 and 20)

That Essie isn't in the room anymore.
That Buddy is asleep.
That Buddy does not believe her.
That Essie is asleep.
10)

What do the two say about Essie? (from Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18)

That her daughter refuses to move to New York.
That she is judgmental.
That Essie is much more serious about life than Laura.
That she is the reason the church saves so many souls.
11)

How does Laura feel towards Essie? (from Chapters 28 and 29)

She is angry that Essie moves.
She is jealous of Essie.
She is glad she is not there anymore.
She misses her.
12)

Who has Essie asked to come by and visit? (from Chapters 21 and 22)

A respectable man from the church named C.J.
The choir director who can be a fatherly figure to Marietta.
The young lawyer down the street.
No one.
13)

How does Essie feel about the new apartment? (from Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18)

She is hesitant.
Essie is ecstatic and grateful no matter where it came from.
She is happy and thinks it came from God.
She is despondent.
14)

Who do the police arrest? (from Chapters 30, 31 and 32)

Essie.
Laura.
A man hiding behind the garbage dump outside.
CJ.
15)

Of what is Laura still jealous? (from Chapters 11, 12 and 13)

Chicken-Crow-For-Day.
Essie.
Them white folks what's got so much.
Birdie Lee.
16)

What is the tone of his asking? (from Chapters 26 and 27)

Rough-edged.
Teasing.
Gentle.
Pleading.
17)

Who does Laura accuse of killing Buddy? (from Chapters 30, 31 and 32)

Essie.
Herself.
CJ.
An unknown robber.
18)

About what does Laura complain? (from Chapters 23, 24 and 25)

That Marietta has talked about Laura meanly behind her back.
That CJ isn't loud enough with the "Amen's."
That the drums always stop just before she's about to make her entrance.
That Birdie Lee is not up to her usual standards of playing.
19)

What does Laura do when she comes into the jail and is locked up? (from Chapters 33, 34 and 35)

She says she is innocent, but so is Essie.
She apologizes, confesses to killing Buddy, and asks for forgiveness.
She screams "Murderer" at Essie.
She does not say a word.
20)

To whom is Marietta engaged? (from Chapter 36)

The lawyer who lives down the street.
CJ.
No one.
Dexter.
21)

To whom does Laura liken many of her personality traits? (from Chapters 19 and 20)

Her oldest sister.
Her grandmother.
Her sixth-grade teacher.
Her mother.
22)

Who does CJ say he will beat up? (from Chapters 26 and 27)

Buddy or any man who tries to take advantage of Marietta.
Buddy for stealing from Marietta.
Any man who does not respect Essie.
No one.
23)

Who seems smitten with Marietta? (from Chapters 21 and 22)

A young, black lawyer who just moved in down the street.
Most of the congregation.
Buddy.
The white beat cop.
24)

What is likely foreshadowed in the scene between Buddy and Laura in Chapter 27? (from Chapters 26 and 27)

Nothing out of the ordinary.
A possible reconciliation.
Serious trouble in their relationship.
Marriage.
25)

What does Laura want to do with the money? (from Chapters 11, 12 and 13)

Get them better living quarters.
Buy her man a car.
Have a big party.
Donate it to the overseas mission fund.
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