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

2. How does Michael feel during the first night visiting his mother's birthplace?
(a) Suspicious.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Scared.

3. Where does Jelly live at the time of his big audition?
(a) A homeless shelter.
(b) A house in the suburbs.
(c) A low-rise called the Rosedale.
(d) A hotel called the Roxy.

4. What does Francis do when he is told he cannot speak to the promoter again after all the auditions are over?
(a) Leaves quietly.
(b) Breaks a bouncer's nose.
(c) Lights the tent of fire.
(d) Shoots a bouncer.

5. Where does Jelly want to take Francis after the audition?
(a) To Francis's father's house.
(b) The bar.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The bus station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who harrasses Michael with a knife in Part IV?

2. What does Francis tell Michael he has to work on in Part III?

3. What does Francis own jointly with Jelly?

4. What does Michael remember Aisha's father doing once in front of him and Francis that was a little awkward but also a bit beautiful?

5. What does Michael know about Anton?

Short Essay Questions

1. What really upsets Michael when he comes home to find a party at his house in Part III?

2. Who shows up in Michael's house in Part III after long years of no contact, and how does Michael feel about this person?

3. What does Michael remember about Jelly's "dress rehearsal"?

4. What does Francis do when Scatter pulls his knife on Michael?

5. What prompts the fight Francis gets into in Part IV that leaves him seriously injured?

6. How does Jelly's audition go?

7. Why does Francis spend so much time at Desirea's?

8. How does Anton act in the aftermath of his being badly beaten, which Michael recalls in Part III?

9. What happens when Francis and Michael go to try to find their estranged father in Part III?

10. What does Aisha tell Michael in Part IV about her relationship with her father?

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