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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the neighborhood Michael grew up in called?
(a) The Rouge.
(b) The Gorge.
(c) The Park.
(d) The Valley.
2. How had Francis acted after seeing Anton get shot?
(a) Like a zombie.
(b) Like an activist with a new cause.
(c) Like a changed person, for the better.
(d) Like a zealot.
3. What are difficult parts of Michael's job?
(a) His job description is constantly changing.
(b) It is physically very demanding, and the pay is low.
(c) It is dangerous.
(d) It is intellectually exhausting.
4. Why does Michael tell Ruth that Aisha has come to visit?
(a) To pray.
(b) To grieve.
(c) To move back to the area for good.
(d) To go to school.
5. What does Francis say he will do even after he goes away for a while?
(a) Come back every Sunday for dinner.
(b) Send money back to Ruth and Michael.
(c) Send people to check on Ruth.
(d) Send copies of his records to them.
6. Which neighbor of Michael's is kind but also intrusive at times?
(a) Farley.
(b) Mr. James.
(c) Lauralie.
(d) Mrs. Henry.
7. What does Mrs. Henry do for a living?
(a) She is an accountant.
(b) She is a dance teacher.
(c) She is a pastor of a Pentecostal Church.
(d) She is a psychic.
8. Where is Francis's and Michael's father in Part II?
(a) Trinidad.
(b) Prison.
(c) He has left the family and they do not really know his whereabouts.
(d) A new job in New England.
9. What does Ruth do on Francis's birthday one year, many years after his death?
(a) Tries to kill herself.
(b) Visits his grave.
(c) Sleeps all day.
(d) Cooks his favorite food.
10. In Part II, how much time has passed since Francis's death?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 2 years.
11. What does Michael know about his father's ethnic background?
(a) He is told his father is Indian.
(b) He is told his father is Native American.
(c) He is told his father is Romanian.
(d) He is told his father is Latino.
12. What country was Francis and Michael born and raised in?
(a) Canada.
(b) Spain.
(c) America.
(d) Mexico.
13. What does Aisha tell Michael about his mother's state of mind?
(a) She needs immediate psychiatric help.
(b) She seems fine.
(c) She is stuck in mourning, or unable to mourn.
(d) Aisha has a good therapist they may want to go to.
14. Why does Michael go to find Francis at Desirea's for the first time in Part II?
(a) Michael gets sick.
(b) The police come looking for Francis.
(c) Ruth gets sick.
(d) There is no food in the house.
15. Where is the new person at Michael's work from?
(a) Mississauga.
(b) Chicago.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Toronto.
Short Answer Questions
1. How old was Francis when he could read independently?
2. When do Francis and Michael visit the Rouge for the last time?
3. What is Michael's mother's name?
4. What does Aisha mostly read in the library in Part II?
5. What does Ruth do on one occasion to try to contact Francis after his death?
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