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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What team did Jimmy-Lee make that Benjie did not?
(a) Football.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Soccer.

2. Where did Butler and his uncle go after they beat up a white man who tripped Butler?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New York City.
(d) Jackson.

3. What instrument did Butler used to play?
(a) Saxophone.
(b) Double bass.
(c) Trumpet.
(d) Trombone.

4. What teachers complained to the principal that Nigeria was creating an atmosphere that bred hostility?
(a) 3 Negroes.
(b) 2 Negroes and one white.
(c) 3 whites.
(d) 2 whites and one Negro.

5. What organization did Nigeria's grandfather belong to?
(a) United Negro Improvement Association.
(b) NAACP.
(c) Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights.
(d) SCLC.

6. What type of dancing does Benjie say his grandmother did when she was young?
(a) Ballroom.
(b) Jazz.
(c) Ballet.
(d) Classic.

7. On page 44, who does Nigeria say said, "because it please me to try" (44)?
(a) Frederick Douglass.
(b) John Brown.
(c) Harriet Tubman.
(d) Nat Turner.

8. What does Jimmy-Lee remember drinking that gave him a headache hangover?
(a) Corn whiskey.
(b) Moscato.
(c) Everclear.
(d) Muscatel.

9. In Rose's apartment building, what do they say about the father of a young girl's baby?
(a) He died in a boating accident.
(b) He's in college.
(c) He died in a car accident.
(d) He is in the service.

10. What language does Nigeria Greene think should be taught in school?
(a) Yoruba.
(b) Berber.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Zulu.

11. What age does Benjie think is too old for someone to hold your hand?
(a) 9.
(b) 6 or 7.
(c) 7 or 8.
(d) 5.

12. What are some jobs that Jimmy-Lee's father has quit?
(a) Garbage pickup and window washer.
(b) Janitor and electronics delivery.
(c) Lawn maintenance and construction worker.
(d) Laundry truck and the post office.

13. How far does Nigeria believe they are past slavery?
(a) Half.
(b) Two-thirds.
(c) A quarter.
(d) A third.

14. How much did the court make Benjie's father pay Rose?
(a) $75 a month.
(b) $15 a week.
(c) $20 a week.
(d) $100 a month.

15. What did Nigeria's father like to play on Saturday nights?
(a) Rummy.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Poker.
(d) Canasta.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where would Nigeria's parents go for the Fourth of July?

2. In Benjie's building, how many floors are missing a lightbulb?

3. What does Benjie remember eating at a bakery sometimes on Sunday mornings?

4. What pictures were on Nigeria's classroom wall when he arrived?

5. What does Mrs. Bell remember they forced her to make at the old folks' club?

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