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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one manifestation of Michael's mother's grief?
(a) She spends money with abandon.
(b) She hangs around graveyards, waiting for something that no one understands.
(c) She has shaved her head.
(d) Sometimes, she stops speaking.

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

3. What job does Ruth do in Part I, after Francis's death?
(a) Cleaning at the community centre.
(b) Cooking for the shelter.
(c) Fashion design.
(d) Doing accountancy work.

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. Why is Michael worried Aisha sees him on the night of Anton's shooting?
(a) He is afraid she will think he is an informant for the police.
(b) He is afraid she will know he is Francis's brother.
(c) He is afraid she will think he was involved.
(d) He is afraid she will think he is dropping out of school.

6. How does Ruth refer to Aisha at first?
(a) The Scholarship girl.
(b) The wizard.
(c) The sell-out.
(d) The pawn.

7. Where does Ruth go when she leaves the house on her own at the end of Part II?
(a) The Heritage Store.
(b) The Rouge Valley.
(c) The 7-11.
(d) The Black church.

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

9. What does Aisha want to do to try to help Ruth in her grief?
(a) Go to church and pray.
(b) Have Ruth write her recollections of Francis.
(c) Write a song for Francis.
(d) Have a gathering of remembrance for Francis.

10. What does Michael's mother's generation call the place where she was born?
(a) The Congo.
(b) The West Indies.
(c) The Reaches.
(d) The Netherlands.

11. What is Aisha doing when Michael gets out of work in Part II?
(a) Cooking for Ruth.
(b) Listening to music.
(c) Riding the swings.
(d) Watching a movie.

12. What does Ruth have in her hand when Michael finds her after she wanders off alone in Part II?
(a) Money.
(b) Francis's photograph.
(c) Blue flowers.
(d) Francis's necklace.

13. Who is killed in the Park in Part I?
(a) Raj.
(b) Dru.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Anton.

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

15. What is Aisha's father's first name?
(a) Clarence.
(b) Ben.
(c) James.
(d) Samuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Francis dissatisfied with by the age of 14?

2. Where do Michael and Francis snowball cars during the winter?

3. Who is Michael's older brother?

4. What does Ruth do on Francis's birthday one year, many years after his death?

5. What is the neighborhood Michael grew up in called?

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