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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part One: "Bridge Music," Roy says, "There are two kinds of people in the world" (3). What are the two types of people he describes?
(a) "Those who talk, and those who listen."
(b) "Those who want to be married, and those who don't."
(c) "Those who leave home, and those who don't."
(d) "Those who want children, and those who don't."

2. Who is the attorney that was retained for Roy's appeal?
(a) Mr. Floyd.
(b) Mr. Banks.
(c) Mr. Duncan.
(d) Mr. Roberts.

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

4. What did Roy do when Celestial almost had a nervous breakdown because it seemed like the hickory-nut tree in their yard was dying?
(a) He did nothing.
(b) He called a tree doctor.
(c) He cut it down and had it made into a table.
(d) He cut it down for firewood.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Celestial describe marriage as being like in Part Two: "Prepare a Table for Me"?

2. What is Andre's last name?

3. Roy says in Part One: "Bridge Music" that "home isn't where you land; home is where you" what (4)?

4. What is the name of the street where Andre and Celestial grew up?

5. What is the name of the hotel where Roy and Celestial stayed when visiting his parents on Labor Day weekend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Roy describe Walter when he first becomes his cell mate?

2. What happened on Roy and Celestial's first anniversary?

3. Where did Roy study? What career does he set out on after college?

4. What does Roy write to inform Celestial five years after he has been incarcerated?

5. How is Olive's illness and death described?

6. How does Andre justify his relationship with Celestial in his first monologue in Part Two: "Prepare a Table for Me"?

7. What does Celestial and Roy's unborn child represent symbolically?

8. What surprising discovery does Roy write to Celestial about his cellmate Walter?

9. When and where did Andre introduce Roy to Celestial? What became of it?

10. What does Celestial reveal about her departure from Howard University via letter in Part One: "Bridge Music"?

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