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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. What was the financial situation for Oceola's family?
(a) Poor.
(b) Above average.
(c) Average.
(d) Wealthy.

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

3. Why does Oceola receive Mrs. Ellsworth's help in the way that she does?
(a) She is suspicious.
(b) She feels she is undeserving.
(c) She hates Mrs. Ellsworth.
(d) She feels grateful.

4. What kind of questions does Mrs. Ellsworth ask Oceola?
(a) Questions about her occupation only.
(b) Questions about her music only.
(c) Very professional questions.
(d) Very personal questions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Mrs. Ellsworth get?

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

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

4. What is the occupation of Oceola's boarder?

5. How does Mrs. Ellsworth support artists who create beauty?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Oceola learn piano?

2. What does Mrs. Ellsworth try to get Oceola to do after she finds out information about the boarder?

3. Why does Mrs. Ellsworth think Oceola is a victim?

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

5. How does Mrs. Ellsworth think she will remedy the situation with the boarder?

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

7. Why does Oceola respond to Mrs. Ellsworth's suggestion about Harlem the way that she does?

8. What does Mrs. Ellsworth find fascinating during her time with Oceola in Section 2 of the story?

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

10. What does the last chapter of "The Blues I'm Playing" represent?

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