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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aisha do to the police car in Part II?
(a) Scratches it.
(b) Steals it.
(c) Throws a piece of asphalt at it.
(d) Places a flower on it.

2. Where was Mrs. Henry raised?
(a) The West Indies.
(b) Guam.
(c) Spain.
(d) China.

3. What is one thing of Francis's that Michael has given away?
(a) His Blue Jays cap.
(b) His sunglasses.
(c) His coat.
(d) His towels.

4. What country was Francis and Michael born and raised in?
(a) America.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Canada.
(d) Spain.

5. What is Michael's brother's "place in the sky"?
(a) The plane.
(b) The apartment's roof.
(c) The hydro pole.
(d) The fire escape.

6. How does Michael's brother describe memory?
(a) Memory is the muscle sting of now.
(b) Memory is cursed.
(c) Memory is subjective.
(d) Memory is the past.

7. What is Michael's mother's name?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Betty.
(c) Clara.
(d) Hettie.

8. How old was Francis when he could read independently?
(a) 14.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

9. Where is Francis's and Michael's father in Part II?
(a) Prison.
(b) A new job in New England.
(c) He has left the family and they do not really know his whereabouts.
(d) Trinidad.

10. What piece of knowledge does Ruth reveal that she knows in Part II, surprising Michael and Aisha?
(a) Who the most popular singer of the time is.
(b) How many quarts are in a gallon.
(c) The capital of Uganda is Kampala.
(d) Who the President of the United States is.

11. Where is Michael's mother originally from?
(a) Guam.
(b) Spain.
(c) Trinidad.
(d) Iceland.

12. What keeps Michael awake in Part II shortly after Aisha arrives?
(a) Passing cars.
(b) His mother's wailing.
(c) Aisha's snoring.
(d) Aisha's music.

13. When do Francis and Michael visit the Rouge for the last time?
(a) When Francis is 20.
(b) When Francis is 18.
(c) Just before Francis turns 14.
(d) When Michael is 18.

14. When they are growing up, What do Francis and Michael routinely do against their mother's wishes while she is at work?
(a) Order takeout.
(b) Go out and wander the neighborhood.
(c) Smoke marijuana.
(d) Have friends over the apartment.

15. What is Francis's mother most disappointed about regarding Francis?
(a) He drops out of school.
(b) He takes drugs.
(c) He gets a dead-end job.
(d) He eats too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work does Ruth do?

2. What is the official name of Michael's neighborood?

3. Who is Michael's boss?

4. How does Ruth refer to Aisha at first?

5. What did Francis sometimes do just before he was a teenager when Ruth came home from work?

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