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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Miss Thompson not go to the doctor?
(a) Because she thinks that they will send her to an asylum.
(b) Because she is afraid of doctors.
(c) Because she does not have any money.
(d) Because she does not believe that a doctor can cure her.

2. After accounting, what does Deighton decide to do for a living?
(a) Become a policeman.
(b) Play the piano.
(c) Drive trolleys.
(d) Play the trumpet.

3. In Book 3, how does Silla carry out her plan to get money for a house?
(a) She kills her husband and inherits the land.
(b) She forges her husband's signature and writes to his sister.
(c) She divorces her husband and marries another man.
(d) She forces her husband to sell the land.

4. In what part of New York does the Boyce family live?
(a) Little Italy.
(b) The Bronx.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Queens.

5. In Book 2, Pastorale, what does Selina ask to do with her best friend?
(a) Look for her father.
(b) Spend the afternoon at Coney Island.
(c) Visit a boy.
(d) Go to Prospect Park.

6. What is the Barbados island religion called?
(a) Santaria.
(b) Voodoo.
(c) Obeah.
(d) Jainism.

7. Where does Silla get a new job in Book 3?
(a) At a defense factory.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) At the bakery.
(d) At the church.

8. What are Deighton's happy news?
(a) That he has gotten a job.
(b) That he has inherited land in Barbados.
(c) That he is buying a house.
(d) That they are about to have a son.

9. What does Mary think that Maritze's focus should be?
(a) Getting a job.
(b) Finding a new home.
(c) Finding a husband.
(d) Making more friends.

10. What is Selina's sister's name?
(a) Maritze.
(b) Ina.
(c) Virgie.
(d) Mary.

11. Whose wedding does the family attend in Book 3?
(a) Beryl's sister's wedding.
(b) Miss Thompson's wedding.
(c) Maritze's wedding.
(d) The wedding of 'Gatha Steed's daughter.

12. What sets Miss Mary apart from the other tenants?
(a) She is White.
(b) She owns the brownstone.
(c) She is Selina's father's employer.
(d) She has a car.

13. What is The New Light?
(a) A clothing resale shop in Selina's neighborhood.
(b) A religious newspaper.
(c) A new religion.
(d) A book that Selina is reading.

14. How does Deighton's mistress treat him?
(a) She wants to marry him.
(b) She wants his money.
(c) She does not judge him.
(d) She calls him names.

15. What happens at Silla's job in Book 3?
(a) She meets another man.
(b) She finds someone to build her a house.
(c) She gets fired.
(d) She gets a promotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is not in the Boyce family photograph?

2. What does Ina tell her mother that her father plans to do?

3. What does Silla think of Selina?

4. How do others react when Selina tries to tell them about her mother's plan to sell her father's land?

5. What does Miss Thompson do for a living?

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