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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Miss Thompson sees Selina as an adult, what topic does she discuss with her?
(a) Her foot ulcer.
(b) How girls can get pregnant.
(c) Life in the South.
(d) Why Silla is so angry.

2. Where does Deighton live and work after leaving his family?
(a) With his brother.
(b) At the peace restaurant.
(c) With his mistress.
(d) On the streets.

3. How does Selina display her grief for her father?
(a) By wearing black.
(b) By eating only crackers.
(c) By living in the dark.
(d) By avoiding other people.

4. What does Silla think about Father Peace?
(a) That he is a crook.
(b) That he is a good influence on Deighton.
(c) That life is not to be found in him.
(d) That he is abusing the women in white.

5. In what way does Clive resemble Deighton?
(a) By having a mistress.
(b) By lounging on the sofa.
(c) By eating too much.
(d) By yelling at Selina.

6. Which of the following does Father Peace deem to be a dirty word?
(a) Mother.
(b) Family.
(c) God.
(d) Father.

7. What does Clive say about mothers?
(a) That they never want to cut the umbilical cord.
(b) That they are crazy.
(c) That they have no patience for art.
(d) That they are stupid.

8. How does Silla react to Selina calling her Hitler?
(a) She tells Selina that she is useless.
(b) She allows Selina to cry and comforts her.
(c) She drinks herself into an incoherent state.
(d) She throws Selina out of the house.

9. Whom of the following does the author indicate that she has been made to feel like when referring to the hard future that Selina has faced?
(a) Miss Mary.
(b) Rachel Fine.
(c) Silla, Selina's mother.
(d) Miss Thompson.

10. On the occasion of Selina's new acquaintance walking her home from the Association meeting, where do they stop?
(a) At a restaurant.
(b) At the soda shop.
(c) At the pavilion in the park.
(d) At the movie theater.

11. How dowa Selina plan to change things for Clive?
(a) She wants to sell his paintings and help him get rich.
(b) She wants to enroll Clive in college.
(c) She wanta to go away where he can paint freely.
(d) She wants to get married so that his mother will not be so bossy.

12. What does Selina say to the audience at the Association scholarship presentation?
(a) That she plans to use the money to take piano lessons.
(b) That she does not deserve the scholarship.
(c) That she wants Beryl to have the money.
(d) That she is going to donate the money to the school.

13. What does Selina do at her home after leaving Clive's apartment for the last time?
(a) She tells her family all about the dance that she has performed.
(b) She cries, but will not tell her family anything.
(c) She cries, and tells her family the whole story.
(d) She puts on a brave face and does not share her pain with anyone.

14. Which of the following does Selina like most while she is at college?
(a) Times Square.
(b) Coney Island.
(c) Prospect Park.
(d) Harlem.

15. Who is not in the audience at Selina's dance recital?
(a) Clive.
(b) Clive's mother.
(c) Ina.
(d) Clive or her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 4, which of the of the following does Ina declare to care more about than boys?

2. What does Selina wonder when Ina makes her major announcement without exhibiting much excitement?

3. Which of the following is the reason upon which Clive bases his thoughts that Selina should not socialize with Whites?

4. What does Selina tell Silla when she confronts her about the Association scholarship?

5. What major announcement does Ina make toward the end of the book?

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