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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the Royalty Room decorated for the ball, fashion show, and champagne sip?
(a) Silver and white doves.
(b) Silver and white garlands.
(c) Silver and white streamers.
(d) Silver and white ornaments.

2. How old does Benjie think a kid might be safe from sexual crimes?
(a) 16.
(b) 13 or 14.
(c) 11 or 12.
(d) 15.

3. What is the name of the teacher who taught Jimm-Lee to read "good and fast" (27)?
(a) Mr. Cohen.
(b) Mr. Watson.
(c) Mr. Zachery.
(d) Mr. Philipps.

4. On page 52, how long has it been since Rose met Butler?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

5. What does Benjie remember taking from his grandmother's pocketbook?
(a) $2.
(b) $4.
(c) $3.
(d) $5.

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

7. How does Walter say that horse is being hauled into the United States?
(a) 10-15 tons at a time.
(b) By the ton.
(c) Several tons at a time.
(d) 5-10 tons at a time.

8. What does Butler like to keep on hand?
(a) Seagram Seven.
(b) Campari's.
(c) Gentleman Jack.
(d) Jim Beam.

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

10. What slave does Nigeria say that George Washington freed during his lifetime?
(a) Cook.
(b) Farrier.
(c) Carpenter.
(d) Gardener.

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

12. How old does Benjie remember that he was when he had good times with his mother?
(a) 4 and 5.
(b) 5, 6, and 7.
(c) 6, 7, and 8.
(d) 5 and 6.

13. On page 24, where does Jimmy-Lee say that he and Benjie smoked pot one time?
(a) In a shed.
(b) Steps leading to the roof of a beat-up place.
(c) Park.
(d) Behind Jimmy-Lee's building.

14. What does Butler do for a living?
(a) Dishwasher.
(b) Sanitation worker.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Fast food worker.

15. Where does Butler wish they could send Benjie?
(a) A farm in the South.
(b) Military school.
(c) Boarding school.
(d) Drug rehab.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shows does Nigeria complain that his wife attends?

2. How much did Jimmy-Lee's father give him once for school supplies?

3. Who gave Benjie his first joint of pot?

4. What organization did Nigeria's grandfather belong to?

5. What are some jobs that Jimmy-Lee's father has quit?

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