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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What singer does Michael hear when he turns on the walkman Ruth had been using in Part III?
(a) Ella Fitzgerald.
(b) Simpson.
(c) Nina Simone.
(d) Lenny Bruce.

3. What sets Raj apart from the rest of the crew at Desirea's?
(a) He is a fantastic student.
(b) He speaks two languages.
(c) His parents own their own home.
(d) He is going to college.

4. What do Michael's friends use Desirea's shop for?
(a) Selling drugs.
(b) DJing and playing music.
(c) Running an illegal phone-fixing business.
(d) Painting canvasses.

5. What does Michael wear to Jelly's audition?
(a) A tuxedo.
(b) A top hat.
(c) A tracksuit.
(d) A do-rag.

6. What do Francis and Jelly bring into Desirea's almost every day?
(a) Records.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Video tapes.
(d) Beer.

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

8. Who arrives at Desirea's just as the party is winding up at 6 a.m. in Part IV?
(a) Raj.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Francis's father.
(d) The police.

9. What does the crew at Desirea's decide Jelly needs before his big audition?
(a) A dress rehearsal.
(b) Lots of alcohol.
(c) A good promotional poster.
(d) A back-up singer.

10. What does Michael think Desirea's looks like, amazingly, just before Jelly's big audition?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A stadium.
(c) A real club.
(d) A prison.

11. Who meets Francis, Michael and Ruth at a house in Trinidad in a memory from Michael's youth?
(a) Ruth's aunt.
(b) Ruth's brother.
(c) Ruth's siter.
(d) Ruth's mother.

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

13. What does Michael find and ponder in his mother's old suitcase?
(a) An old pennant.
(b) A notebook of hers from when she was a school girl.
(c) A picture of her and Francis.
(d) A picture of her and his father.

14. What does Aisha tell Michael about what Jelly is doing in Part III?
(a) Running a record company.
(b) Going back to school.
(c) Sellind drugs.
(d) Just getting by.

15. What does Jelly seem to sense from Michael when Jelly first arrives at Michael's and Ruth's apartment?
(a) The sounds of music from the neighbors.
(b) The dirtiness of the place.
(c) Wariness towards him from Michael.
(d) The presence of the police.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants to come to the hospital with Michael and Ruth?

2. Why does Aisha wake Michael up urgently in Part IV?

3. Who do Michael and Francis and their friends wait behind in line at the audition?

4. Who passes out flyers for Jelly's performance?

5. What does Michael tell Aisha and Jelly about his mother in Part IV?

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