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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long have Silas and Alec been best friends?
(a) Since joining the army together.
(b) Since childhood.
(c) Since high school.
(d) Since they began working together.

2. Which subject does Shirley Graham teach at Mikey's school?
(a) Geometry.
(b) Literature.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Biology.

3. Where was Silas being held during Du Boise's encounter with Lydia?
(a) In a padded chamber.
(b) In a holding cell.
(c) In a state penitentiary.
(d) In a police van.

4. How does Lydia get home from the hospital after she is discharged?
(a) Mikey drives her home.
(b) Mam Agnes drives her home.
(c) She decides to walk.
(d) She takes a taxi.

5. When Mikey is lying in bed thinking, which debate is he thinking about and replaying in his mind?
(a) The debate with his sister.
(b) The debate with his father.
(c) The debate with his teacher.
(d) The debate with his mother.

6. How did Silas's father die?
(a) From influenza.
(b) From cancer.
(c) From tuberculosis.
(d) From small pox.

7. How much older is Mireille than Silas?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) One year.
(d) Three years.

8. What excuse does Mikey make so he will not have to go to the hospital with his father?
(a) He says he has a date.
(b) He says he has homework.
(c) He says he is sick.
(d) He says he is too depressed.

9. What is the name of the woman who Silas met with a deep knife wound that hadn't properly healed?
(a) Tanny Pip.
(b) Fanny Dip.
(c) Danny Flip.
(d) Manny Hip.

10. How does Mikey's sister react when he secretly phones her to catch up?
(a) She is confused.
(b) She is excited.
(c) She is scared.
(d) She is angry.

11. Where were Kate and Mikey when she told him she was a lesbian?
(a) At the school playground.
(b) At the church.
(c) At a dinner party.
(d) At the movie theater.

12. To which of the following does Mikey compare his childhood relationship to his mother?
(a) Like statues.
(b) Like flowers.
(c) Like planets.
(d) Like animals.

13. Why did Lydia not attend University?
(a) Because she couldn't afford it.
(b) Because she is black.
(c) Because she never graduated high school.
(d) Because she was never accepted.

14. Where does Lydia hide her diary?
(a) In a lockbox.
(b) In her desk.
(c) Under her mattress.
(d) In the ceiling vent.

15. Where does Lydia drive Mam Agnes to?
(a) A wedding.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A baby shower.
(d) An engagement party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What military rank does Du Boise hold?

2. How does Janine feel about Kate staying at the Ali home?

3. Which type of school and church did Lydia attend as a child?

4. Who stays with Mikey while his parents are at the hospital?

5. When Alec is drinking his tea, which of the following people is NOT a source of his outrage?

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