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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does the person Tiger lives with come home because they have a sleep-in job?
(a) Once or twice a week.
(b) 2-3 times a week.
(c) 3 times a week.
(d) 4 times a week.

2. What does the reader and advisor's place smell like when Rose and her mother go?
(a) Fried liver and onions.
(b) Essential oils.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Incense.

3. Where does Nigeria Green say that the upper crust crowd went for gin and ginger after the event to honor the Negro writer?
(a) Phillips Club.
(b) Top of the Sevens.
(c) Vig Bar.
(d) Marquee New York.

4. How much money does Butler give Sweets on page 105?
(a) $100.
(b) $125.
(c) $75.
(d) $50.

5. What type of courch does the reader and advisor have?
(a) Black leather.
(b) Brown leather.
(c) Ruby brocade-satin.
(d) Gold brocade-satin.

6. Who does Tiger live with?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His mother.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His father.

7. How much did Nigeria Greene and his wife pay for a ticket to see a Negro "writer-rascal" (96)?
(a) $50.
(b) $45.
(c) $30.
(d) $25.

8. What does the reader and adviser's assistant give her to dry her hands?
(a) Silk towel.
(b) Lacy towel.
(c) Ruby towel.
(d) White towel.

9. What does the reader and adviser give Rose free of charge?
(a) Holy water.
(b) Essential oil.
(c) Incense.
(d) Candle.

10. On page 67, how much money does Benjie have to buy drugs?
(a) $2.
(b) $5.
(c) 75 cents.
(d) $1.25.

11. Where does Benjie talk to the social worker on page 87?
(a) At school.
(b) On a walk.
(c) In his office.
(d) In a coffee shop.

12. What does Benjie say that his mother and Butler often do on Saturdays when they have a day off?
(a) Go out to eat.
(b) Clean the apartment.
(c) Go to the movies.
(d) Grocery shopping.

13. On page 75, what does Benjie pray for?
(a) Money.
(b) A friend.
(c) Take away his craving.
(d) To feel better.

14. How does Rose describe the reader and advisor?
(a) Medium height, slender lady with brown skin.
(b) Heavy dark lady.
(c) Skinny, short dark lady.
(d) Tall, heavy, light-brown lady.

15. On page 87, what does the social worker talk about with Benjie?
(a) Cars.
(b) Basketball or hip hop.
(c) College.
(d) Baseball or jazz.

Short Answer Questions

1. What new bedspread does Benjie have when he comes home from the hospital?

2. What does Benjie remember his grandmother singing while his mother makes sandwiches on page 72?

3. Where does Miss Dudley's sister live?

4. Who does Benjie think that Rose acts like Butler is?

5. On page 72, what type of sandwiches does Rose make for Butler?

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