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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a letter to Celestial in Part One: "Bridge Music," Roy tells his wife all the things he misses about her. What does he say he misses most?
(a) Her kisses.
(b) Her artwork.
(c) Her embraces.
(d) Her singing.

2. What does Andre say is something that he and "any of us" never doubted in Part Two: "Prepare a Table for Me" (96)?
(a) Roy's innocence.
(b) Roy's ambition.
(c) Roy's love for Celestial.
(d) Celestial's love for Roy.

3. How old does Celestial describe Andre's girlfriend who wants to be a documentarian in Part One: "Bridge Music"?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 21.
(d) 26.

4. Where is Tamar studying?
(a) Yale.
(b) Emory.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Rutgers.

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

6. For what kind of company was Roy a rep?
(a) A medical appliances company.
(b) A textbook company.
(c) A vacuum company.
(d) A pharmaceutical company.

7. 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)?
(a) "An oyster and a pearl."
(b) "A raw egg and a scrambled egg."
(c) "A silver dollar and a penny."
(d) "An apple and an orange."

8. Who played the piano at Roy and Celestial's wedding?
(a) Anna.
(b) Olive.
(c) Evie.
(d) Gloria.

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) "Nostalgia."
(c) "Passion."
(d) "Love."

10. By what name does Roy refer to his father?
(a) Big Roy.
(b) Randolph.
(c) Henry.
(d) Howard.

11. What did Celestial dress the baby doll in that looked like Roy and that earned her an award?
(a) A prison uniform.
(b) A white gown.
(c) A police uniform.
(d) A KKK hood.

12. On what date did Roy and Celestial have their first date?
(a) March 5.
(b) September 12.
(c) November 17.
(d) July 7.

13. 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) Personality and intelligence.
(c) Family and native land.
(d) Humor and hope.

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

15. When Roy describes his marriage at a year and a half in Part One: "Bridge Music," what movie does he compare it to?
(a) It's a Wonderful Life.
(b) Love Jones.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) Malcolm X.

Short Answer Questions

1. After how long in prison is Roy's case finally overturned?

2. When does Andre say he was planning to propose to Celestial in Part Two: "Prepare a Table for Me"?

3. How long after high school graduation does Roy say he departed home?

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

5. Who does Roy say he has discovered to be his biological father in a letter to Celestial in Part One: "Bridge Music"?

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