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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Michael's friend stay in Part I when the friend comes back to the neighborhood to visit?
(a) Michael's house.
(b) Raj's house.
(c) Samuel's house.
(d) Ben's house.

2. What word, related to sex, does Francis introduce Michael to when they are young and accidentally see two strangers having sex?
(a) Mastubration.
(b) Orgasm.
(c) Boner.
(d) Vagina.

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

4. Who comes back for a visit to the neighborhood in Part I?
(a) Raj.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Francis.

5. What religious building does Aisha tell Ruth about seeing?
(a) The Temple of Pinogue.
(b) The Black church.
(c) The white church.
(d) The East wing of the Vatican.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Francis's mother most disappointed about regarding Francis?

2. Where is the new person at Michael's work from?

3. What does Aisha mostly read in the library in Part II?

4. Who is killed in the Park in Part I?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Michael think when he sees two people having sex through an open window?

2. Why do Aisha and Michael often end up at the library together?

3. What are some things Michael and Francis often did as children when Ruth was working that Ruth had told them not to do?

4. What does Aisha tell Michael immediately when he meets her at the bus stop in the neighborhood?

5. What does Ruth do in Part II that is dangerous for her and scary for Michael?

6. Why do the police bring Francis and Michael home to their apartment one day in Part II?

7. Why does Michael have a particular and new kind of understanding with Aisha in Part II?

8. What remains in Michael's bedroom that is a constant reminder of Francis for him?

9. Why is it awkward for Aisha to stay with Michael when she visits?

10. What kind of student was Francis and what happens in his schooling years?

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