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

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

3. What happens to Francis frequently at night?
(a) He gets phone calls, late.
(b) He has seizures.
(c) He has nightmares.
(d) Girls come to the window.

4. Who is Michael's older brother?
(a) Francis.
(b) Jelly.
(c) Raj.
(d) Dru.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work does Ruth do?

2. What incendiary word does Michael notice his mother pronounces distinctly in her Trinidadian accent?

3. How old was Francis when he could read independently?

4. Where is Michael's mother originally from?

5. What shop do Michael and Francis sometimes look at comic books in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Francis and Michael feel about Trinidad, their mother's place of birth, growing up?

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

3. What is the most significant source of tension between Francis and his mother?

4. How does Michael feel about his job in Part II?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Aisha do to the police car in Part II, and how does Michael react?

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

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