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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do people tell Jackie she looks like a light-skinned version of?
(a) Whitney Houston.
(b) Beyonce.
(c) Chaka Khan.
(d) Aretha Franklin.

2. What did Terry's father tell him about rehab?
(a) His drug issue is not a problem.
(b) He needs to go immediately.
(c) Real men do not go.
(d) Crack is not addictive.

3. Do Jackie's mama and her Aunt Sybil get along?
(a) Yes, but they bicker.
(b) Yes, they never argue.
(c) No, they refuse to speak to each other.
(d) No, they are estranged.

4. What does Jackie say she was only halfway grown?
(a) She was young.
(b) She had always depended on a man.
(c) She was short.
(d) She was weak.

5. Who does Nelson compare Renard to?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Ernest Wright.
(c) Ernie the neighbor.
(d) Ernie from the store.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which season is the first section of the book set?

2. Where does Jackie say was the promised land for the Black middle class?

3. What did Terry do in high school?

4. Which state is the city of New Orleans in?

5. What does Josephine do when she does not want her kids hearing her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Jackie thought of throughout her life when she has a tough decision to make?

2. Why is it important that the reader knows Nelson was from a Senegalese family who did not mix race?

3. What does Renard mean when he says there are different ways to leave a person?

4. Why did people not believe that Sybil would go to law school?

5. How does Evelyn feel in Renard's presence?

6. How is Evelyn's physical appearance described, and why is this important to the story?

7. Why does Josephine tell Evelyn she cannot be friends with anyone who wants what she has?

8. What does the quotes, "The baby seemed to soften Sybil" (51). mean?

9. Why are Evelyn and Ruby so judgmental of Renard's appearance when they meet him?

10. Nelson Junior is said to read backwards. What do you think that means?

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