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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 embraces.
(b) Her artwork.
(c) Her kisses.
(d) Her singing.

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

4. Where did Andre attend college?
(a) Morehouse.
(b) Rutgers.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

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

6. Roy says in Part One: "Bridge Music" that "home isn't where you land; home is where you" what (4)?
(a) "Live."
(b) "Stay."
(c) "Begin."
(d) "Launch."

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) "An apple and an orange."
(c) "A silver dollar and a penny."
(d) "A raw egg and a scrambled egg."

8. In one of his letters to Celestial in Part One: "Bridge Music," Roy describes a prisoner who died yesterday because no one would give him what?
(a) Benedryl.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Insulin.
(d) Methadone.

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

10. What did Celestial name the gray Toyota her parents bought her before college?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Gloria.
(d) Lucille.

11. Where does Roy describe his childhood friend Myron's father being in a letter to Celestial in Part One: "Bridge Music"?
(a) Alcatraz.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Sing Sing.
(d) Angola.

12. What are the dorms named after at the prison where Roy is held?
(a) Countries.
(b) Planets.
(c) Presidents.
(d) Celebrities.

13. What is Uncle Banks's first name?
(a) Philip.
(b) James.
(c) Robert.
(d) Andrew.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Celestial's middle name?

2. By what name does Roy refer to his father?

3. What does Walter give Roy instead of money, according to Roy's letter to Celestial in Part One: "Bridge Music"?

4. When Olive develops lung cancer, how long has it been since she has touched a cigarette?

5. Who is the attorney that was retained for Roy's appeal?

(see the answer keys)

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