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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 did Jackie's parents tell her to do when Terry relapsed?
(a) Leave him.
(b) Ignore him.
(c) Stay with him.
(d) Handcuff him.

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

3. Why does Jackie move her bed into the living room?
(a) She cannot sleep where it is quiet.
(b) She wants to watch television.
(c) She feels safer when she is closer to the front door.
(d) There are spiders in her bedroom.

4. What does Jackie's dad offer her?
(a) Free babysitting.
(b) Money to move.
(c) New appliances.
(d) A dog for T.C.

5. What kind of speech impediment does Renard have?
(a) Lisp.
(b) Stammer.
(c) Whistle.
(d) Tourette's Syndrome.

Short Answer Questions

1. Do Jackie's mama and her Aunt Sybil get along?

2. What honor does Evelyn's great grandfather have?

3. What does Nelson say about Renard?

4. Which festival do Evelyn and Renard attend?

5. Which of these is a sign that Terry is healthier?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does it mean when Sybil states that crack is not complicated?

3. What images are the most clear when Jackie reflects upon her previous house?

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

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

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

7. Why does Renard believe he would not qualify for a good job if he enlisted in the war efforts?

8. Describe Sybil's appearance. Why does it bother Jackie?

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

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

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