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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. How does Oceola feel about Mrs. Ellsworth's offer?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Enthusiastic.
(d) Angry.

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

3. What did Oceola's mother do for a living?
(a) She played for church choirs.
(b) She was an engineer.
(c) She was a dancer.
(d) She was a teacher.

4. Where did Oceola and her mother move after Oceola attended college?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Houston.
(d) Nashville.

5. What else does Mrs. Ellsworth insist on doing for Oceola?
(a) Having her move to Atlanta.
(b) None of the above.
(c) Putting her through another university.
(d) Providing her with money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the soprano that Mrs. Ellsworth had a complaint about?

2. Where is Left Bank?

3. Who boarded with Oceola when she lived on her own?

4. What is the occupation of the person who recommends Oceola to Mrs. Ellsworth?

5. Why is Mrs. Ellsworth disgruntled about Oceola's boarder?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Ellsworth want Oceola to do in the beginning of the story?

2. What does Oceola continue to do that Mrs. Ellsworth does not approve of?

3. What does Oceola find in Paris?

4. What does Mrs. Ellsworth reply when Oceola sings, "I'd go up on de mountain/And call my baby back" at the end of the story?

5. What does Mrs. Ellsworth find out about the boarder through her inquiries to Mr. Hunter?

6. What information startles Mrs. Ellsworth during Oceola's personal narration of her life?

7. How did Oceola learn piano?

8. How did Oceola manage to attend college?

9. What does Mrs. Ellsworth do when she hears Oceola's response to her suggestion about Harlem?

10. What does Oceola think about Mrs. Ellsworth's attitude at the end of the story?

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