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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What service does Mrs. Ellsworth insist on providing for Oceola?
(a) Providing an instrument other than the piano for Oceola to play.
(b) Revoking her offer to Oceola.
(c) Having her move into her house.
(d) Providing a teacher for Oceola.

2. What kind of family was Oceola born to?
(a) Musical.
(b) Circus.
(c) Literary.
(d) Dancing.

3. What happens to the soprano that Mrs. Ellsworth had a complaint about?
(a) She is trashed by NY critics.
(b) She gives up music.
(c) She becomes popular with NY critics.
(d) She marries and forgots about music.

4. How did Oceola first learn to play piano?
(a) Mrs. Ellsworth taught her.
(b) In school.
(c) By ear.
(d) Formal lessons.

5. What is Mrs. Ellsworth's financial status?
(a) Billionaire.
(b) Poor.
(c) Average income.
(d) Very wealthy.

6. What is the ethnicity of the person Oceola receives piano lessons from?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) English.

7. Where did Oceola's family settle after traveling?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Houston.
(c) Paris.
(d) Boston.

8. What book does Mrs. Ellsworth get?
(a) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(b) Great Expectations.
(c) Othello.
(d) Nigger Moon.

9. What kind of dresses does Mrs. Ellsworth have her dressmaker come up with?
(a) Ones that would look good on dark skin.
(b) Ones for herself.
(c) Ones for the soprano she rejected.
(d) Ones for Oceola's mother.

10. What does Oceola share with Mrs. Ellsworth in the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Her personal background.
(b) Her money.
(c) Her romantic history.
(d) Nothing.

11. Who gave Oceola her first lessons in playing piano?
(a) An elderly woman.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Mr. Hunter.
(d) Mrs. Ellsworth.

12. When was Oceola born?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1920.

13. Which two characters are introduced first?
(a) Oceola and Mr. Hunter.
(b) Oceola and Pete.
(c) Oceola and Mrs. Ellsworth.
(d) Mr. Hunter and Mrs.Ellsworth.

14. What is the occupation of Oceola's boarder?
(a) Factory worker.
(b) No occupation.
(c) Medical student.
(d) Engineer.

15. What school did Oceola attend?
(a) New York University.
(b) Wilberforce College.
(c) Harlem College.
(d) Georgia Tech.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oceola feel about art for art's sake?

2. What does Oceola do for a living?

3. What did Oceola's mother do in the new city?

4. What does Oceola's boarder do with his money?

5. What point of view is the first section of "The Blues I'm Playing" written in?

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