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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Michael find when he goes to Francis's usual hang-out to find him?

3. Who gets into a verbal altercation with the police at Desirea's in Part IV?

4. Who does Francis appeal to after Jelly's audition?

5. What does Michael wear to Jelly's audition?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aisha tell Michael is the meaning of the spelling of Jelly's name, "Djeli?"

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

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

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

5. What good memory does Michael have of his father from his childhood?

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

7. What feeling does Michael sense from Jelly in Part IV?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Michael's and Francis's mother's financial struggles and the family's poverty affect their family's dynamic while the boys are growing up? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What does Michael think of Jelly's actions and attitudes when he sees him again for the first time, a good number of years after Francis's death? How does Michael react to Jelly at this time? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

When and how does Michael first become aware that Francis and Jelly are engaged in a romantic relationship with each other? What is his reaction and feelings about Francis and Jelly being a couple? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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