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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth do when she sees the state of Francis after Jelly's audition?
(a) Takes him to the hospital.
(b) Kicks him out of the house.
(c) Rushes to help him get cleaned up.
(d) Calls the police.

2. Who harrasses Michael with a knife in Part IV?
(a) Dru.
(b) Scatter.
(c) Raj.
(d) Henry.

3. Who does Michael find when he goes to Francis's usual hang-out to find him?
(a) About a dozen young men he does not recognize.
(b) His father.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Samuel.

4. Who first explains music to Michael?
(a) Raj.
(b) The Professa.
(c) Dru.
(d) Francis.

5. What does Michael acknowledge everyone knows about Francis in Part IV?
(a) He has been depressed in the past.
(b) He could be pushed into an angry reaction.
(c) He is very sensitive.
(d) He has a learning disability.

6. Who tells Michael that Goose has been moved out of intensive care?
(a) Dru.
(b) Francis.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Aisha.

7. What is on the shirts that all the bouncers are wearing at the audition?
(a) Regal Sport.
(b) Live Wait.
(c) Hardy.
(d) The Bone.

8. Who does Francis ask to speak to the promoter after he, Jelly and the others leave the audition tent?
(a) No one.
(b) The uncle with the record industry connections.
(c) The celebrity.
(d) The bouncers.

9. What does Francis do to Scatter that earns Francis legendary status?
(a) Shoots Scatter.
(b) Verbally abuses Scatter, making him cry.
(c) Cuts Scatter.
(d) Grabs the blade of his knife and does not let go.

10. What connection does Aisha draw between her own father and Ruth?
(a) They are both war veterans.
(b) They are both Jewish.
(c) They both suffer from cancer.
(d) They are from the same town in Trinidad.

11. Who wants to come to the hospital with Michael and Ruth?
(a) Michael's father.
(b) Jelly and Aisha.
(c) Mrs. Henry.
(d) Samuel.

12. What can Jelly do that surprises Michael?
(a) Cook well.
(b) Dance.
(c) Sing.
(d) Paint.

13. What does Michael tell Aisha and Jelly about his mother in Part IV?
(a) She is broken.
(b) She is healing already.
(c) She is ready to go back to work full-time.
(d) She is terminally ill.

14. What does Francis take Michael to buy in Part III?
(a) Food for Michael and Ruth.
(b) Beer.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Flowers.

15. What does Ruth show some of the partygoers at the gathering Jelly and Aisha have?
(a) Old photos from her life.
(b) Francis's trophies.
(c) Francis's yearbook from school.
(d) Francis's old clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jelly seem to sense from Michael when Jelly first arrives at Michael's and Ruth's apartment?

2. Where does Jelly actually take Francis following Jelly's audition?

3. What do Francis and Jelly bring into Desirea's almost every day?

4. Where do Francis and Michael get kicked out of after buying and eating a hot dog there?

5. What does Raj often wear?

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