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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. What do Evelyn and Miss Georgia do together?
(a) Knit.
(b) Play music.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Dance.

2. Why is Renard harassed by a police officer at City Park?
(a) He is vandalizing.
(b) Because the officer is drunk.
(c) He makes Evelyn cry.
(d) Because of segregation.

3. What is wrong with the neighborhood school's sign?
(a) It has a spelling error.
(b) It has graffiti on it.
(c) There is no sign.
(d) It is leaning and chipped.

4. What do Nelson, Renard, and Andrew discuss?
(a) Politics.
(b) Lawn care.
(c) Fashion.
(d) Media.

5. What is Josephine worried about at dinner?
(a) Keeping the food warm.
(b) The house being dirty.
(c) The winter weather.
(d) Impressing Renard and Andrew.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Jackie?

2. How old is Jackie's baby, T.C.?

3. What does Jackie experience after Terry leaves her?

4. What is one thing Renard is ashamed of when he meets Nelson?

5. What is Jackie's position at the nursery?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Josephine is a member of the Ladies of Equal Justice Education League. What does that title mean?

3. What does Jackie pass on her way to and from her apartment each day?

4. Why does Sybil want to quit criminal law?

5. How does Terry's addiction affect Jackie?

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

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

8. Describe Evelyn's adult relationship with her sister Ruby.

9. How did Jackie's mama and Aunt Ruby differ in their parenting styles?

10. What can the reader infer from the statement that Evelyn has tried to muffle herself her whole life?

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