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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: "Generosity," Pages 258-306 (Roy, Andre, Celestial, Roy, Epilogue) .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Andre's father's name?
(a) James.
(b) Carlos.
(c) Michael.
(d) Juan.

2. What dessert had Celestial promised to bring to Thanksgiving dinner for her father?
(a) German chocolate cake.
(b) Sweet potato pie.
(c) Strawberry shortcake.
(d) Lemon meringues.

3. What does Roy refer to as the two cards that you keep in a hand of poker in Part One: "Bridge Music"?
(a) Personality and intelligence.
(b) Family and native land.
(c) Love and loyalty.
(d) Humor and hope.

4. What was Andre's first choice for college, but his father would not pay the tuition?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Morehouse.
(c) Xavier.
(d) Yale.

5. How much does Roy describe Celestial's dolls as selling for each in Part Three: "Generosity"?
(a) $40.
(b) $150.
(c) $60.
(d) $100.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roy describe collecting between the ages of eight and twelve?

2. Celestial writes in a letter to Roy in Part One: "Bridge Music," "When something happens that eclipses the imaginable, it changes a person. It's like the difference between" what (41)?

3. What makes Big Roy's coffee have a "sweet tobacco-smoke aroma" (256)?

4. What color ribbons were tied on trees to recognized those lost or killed due to the serial killer in Atlanta in the 1970s?

5. Where did Roy's father work by day?

(see the answer key)

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