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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Roy go to college after graduating high school?
(a) Howard University.
(b) Cambridge University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Morehouse College.

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

3. In a letter to Roy in Part One: "Bridge Music," Celestial says that maybe innocence is what (41)?
(a) "Having no way to predict the pain of the future."
(b) "Walking blindly into life."
(c) "Having no recollection of the painful events of the past."
(d) "Looking to a future with hope."

4. How many times does Celestial's father say he proposed to his wife before she said yes?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

5. What is Andre's last name?
(a) Tucker.
(b) Taylor.
(c) Williams.
(d) Ross.

6. Who does Roy say he has discovered to be his biological father in a letter to Celestial in Part One: "Bridge Music"?
(a) Andre.
(b) Walter.
(c) Big Roy.
(d) Uncle Banks.

7. Where is Raul Gomes from?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Paris.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Honduras.

8. What kind of gemstone is featured in the engagement ring that Andre offered to Celestial?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Emerald.
(c) Diamond.
(d) Pearl.

9. What does Andre refer to as being "a hell of a drug" in Part Two: "Prepare a Table for Me" (99)?
(a) "Fear."
(b) "Passion."
(c) "Love."
(d) "Nostalgia."

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

11. What is the name of the hotel where Roy and Celestial stayed when visiting his parents on Labor Day weekend?
(a) Motel 6.
(b) Piney Woods.
(c) West Lake Lodge.
(d) Marriott.

12. For about how long was Celestial's mother having an affair with her father before they married?
(a) Three months.
(b) Three years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Six months.

13. Where does Roy say is the best place to be black and struggling in Part One: "Bridge Music"?
(a) South Africa.
(b) The United States.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Canada.

14. What is the name of the street where Andre and Celestial grew up?
(a) Washington.
(b) Lynn Valley.
(c) Seacrest.
(d) Riverview.

15. What does Walter give Roy instead of money, according to Roy's letter to Celestial in Part One: "Bridge Music"?
(a) Garbage bags.
(b) Apples.
(c) Pears.
(d) Cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Andre's middle name?

2. How old does Celestial describe Andre's girlfriend who wants to be a documentarian in Part One: "Bridge Music"?

3. What is Celestial's maiden name?

4. What did Andre's father give him when he graduated college?

5. 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)?

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