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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 neighbor is with Michael's mother in the street in Part IV?
(a) Mrs. Lenny.
(b) Mrs. Davis.
(c) Mrs. Hoke.
(d) Mrs. Henry.

2. What does the man in the white shirt tell Francis after he is badly beaten by the bouncers?
(a) That he will call an ambulance for Francis.
(b) That this is what happens to people with no talent.
(c) That there is no way kids like them, from their neighborhood, will ever make it in the music industry.
(d) To go away and not come back or he will have them all arrested.

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

4. What does Michael know about Anton?
(a) Anton did not even live in the Park - he was from a few neighborhoods away.
(b) Anton came from a happy, stable family.
(c) He seemed to have a very unstable family life and lived mostly on the streets.
(d) Almost nothing.

5. What does Aisha tell Michael about the white church in Trinidad?
(a) It was built with money from the drug trade.
(b) For a long time, Spiritual Baptists who used the church were not allowed to worship as they wished.
(c) It was build by slaves.
(d) It was built by money from the sugar trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives at Desirea's just as the party is winding up at 6 a.m. in Part IV?

2. What does Francis do to Scatter that earns Francis legendary status?

3. How does Michael feel during the first night visiting his mother's birthplace?

4. What sets Raj apart from the rest of the crew at Desirea's?

5. Where does Ruth take Michael and Francis once when they are very young?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 good memory does Michael have of his father from his childhood?

4. What does Michael end up really liking about hanging out at Desirea's with Francis and the gang?

5. What does Michael gradually discover about Jelly's and Francis's relationship?

6. What does Francis seem to think about the middle-class white kids in the line at the DJing audition?

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

8. How does Francis seem to feel about the car he and Jelly share?

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

10. What does Jelly do as a show of good faith towards Michael in Part III?

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