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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Butler 20 years ago?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

2. What is a song that Mrs. Bell likes to sing?
(a) A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.
(b) Abide with Me.
(c) Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.
(d) How Great Thou Art.

3. Where did Mrs. Bell grow up?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

4. Where did Nigeria's father work?
(a) Post office.
(b) Library.
(c) County courthouse.
(d) Grocery store.

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

6. How old is Benjie Johnson at the beginning of the book?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

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

8. How many bags does Walter have to hustle in order to pay the cops five singles?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

9. How much does Benjie remember that his friend Jimmy-Lee was going to get for his birthday from his uncle?
(a) $20.
(b) $15.
(c) $5.
(d) $10.

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

11. At what hotel do the La Paloma Femme de la Jours hold their ball, fashion show, and champagne sip?
(a) The Standard High Line.
(b) The Manhattan at Times Square.
(c) Aliz Hotel Times Square.
(d) Metropolitan-Cadrington Arms.

12. When Jimmy-Lee got money for school supplies, how much money did he give Benjie?
(a) 50 cents.
(b) $1.
(c) 75 cents.
(d) $2.

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

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

15. What does Nigeria Greene teach?
(a) 6th grade.
(b) 7th grade.
(c) 9th grade.
(d) 8th grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benjie call Nigeria when he takes him down to the principal and requests that his parents be notified?

2. In Rose's apartment building, what do they say about the father of a young girl's baby?

3. What instrument did Butler used to play?

4. What does Butler do for a living?

5. What is the name of the teacher who taught Jimm-Lee to read "good and fast" (27)?

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