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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What word does Ruth use for avocadoes?
(a) Pears.
(b) Apples.
(c) Peppers.
(d) Tomatoes.

5. What is the official name of Michael's neighborood?
(a) Scarborough.
(b) Henely.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Boston.

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

7. What shop do Michael and Francis sometimes look at comic books in?
(a) Heritage Value.
(b) Freemon's.
(c) Desirea's.
(d) Mike's.

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

9. 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) Who the President of the United States is.
(c) How many quarts are in a gallon.
(d) The capital of Uganda is Kampala.

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

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

12. Why does Michael go to find Francis at Desirea's for the first time in Part II?
(a) Michael gets sick.
(b) There is no food in the house.
(c) The police come looking for Francis.
(d) Ruth gets sick.

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

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

15. How do many of Michael's neighbors treat the family?
(a) They are overly sympathetic to Michael's family.
(b) They are indifferent to Michael's family.
(c) They avoid Michael's family.
(d) They include Michael's family in all community projects.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Michael's friend stay in Part I when the friend comes back to the neighborhood to visit?

2. What does Aisha do for a living?

3. What country was Francis and Michael born and raised in?

4. What book does Michael use as a pretense to sit next to Aisha at the library?

5. Where do Francis and Michael often go for a refuge in their neighborhood?

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