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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what street is a parade ground?
(a) 5th Avenue.
(b) 7th Avenue.
(c) 13th Avenue.
(d) 11th Avenue.

2. In Chapter 7, what day of the week do the Tower girls attend the gathering for Alamaya?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

3. Who is giving the party that Seraphine attends in Chapter 5?
(a) Mrs. Lela Witern.
(b) Mrs. Rose Smythe.
(c) Mrs. Angela Prior.
(d) Mrs. Bettina Worthington.

4. What is Duster Boley's father's occupation in Chapter 6?
(a) Doctor and professor.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor and politician.
(d) Engineer.

5. In Chapter 7, what is the first club to entertain Alamaya?
(a) The Roost.
(b) The Palace.
(c) The Tower.
(d) The Presidio.

6. What color dress is Seraphine wearing in Chapter 5 when she visits Bunchetta?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Turquoise blue.
(d) Crimson red.

7. In Chapter 3, what is learned is the nationality of Peixota's father?
(a) Bolivian.
(b) South African.
(c) Brazilian.
(d) Jamaican.

8. When were Mr. and Mrs. Peixota married?
(a) 1915.
(b) Second year of the first world war.
(c) 1917.
(d) Third year of the first world war.

9. In Chapter 1, how much money does Chairman Peixota donate?
(a) $125.
(b) $100.
(c) $75.
(d) $50.

10. In Chapter 7, how many ways of marrying does Alamaya say there are in Ethiopia?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

11. How long after Seraphine's club was established, did its founder die?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 11 months.
(d) 18 months.

12. In Chapter 8, where is it learned that Newton Castle came from before moving to New York?
(a) Boston.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Chicago.

13. When was the club founded that Seraphine is a member of?
(a) 1904.
(b) World War I.
(c) Spanish-American War.
(d) 1892.

14. In Chapter 6, what is Duster Boley's occupation?
(a) Professor.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Politician.
(d) Lawyer.

15. During the meeting to speed Alamaya on his journey, what song is sung in Chapter 8?
(a) John Brown's Body.
(b) Dry Bones.
(c) Bye and Bye.
(d) Amazing Grace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people can be accommodated at Buster Quincy's bar in Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 1, what type of minister was Professor Koahzy at one time?

3. How many presidents of the Equal Rights Action group have there been before Prudhomme Bishop?

4. In Chapter 9, what does Seraphine call Alamaya as a person from Ethiopia?

5. When Professor Koahzy finishes his speech in Chapter 1, how much money does he ask to be brought to him?

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