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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following dreams does Silla realize in Book 4?
(a) Moving to a new neighborhood.
(b) Owning her own house.
(c) Seeing her daughter get married.
(d) Marrying a rich man.

2. Whom does Selina seek comfort with following her bad experience at the Benton house?
(a) Ina.
(b) Silla.
(c) Miss Thompson.
(d) Clive.

3. What does Selina feel that she can do at the end of the book?
(a) Dance better than anyone else.
(b) Face prejudice and be able to overcome it.
(c) Find a man who will marry her and take her away.
(d) Forget all about Clive.

4. In Book 4, where does Selina attend a party despite still deeply grieving over her father's death?
(a) Beryl's house.
(b) Ina's church basement.
(c) A nightclub.
(d) Suggie's house.

5. Why does Deighton want to be called Brother Boyce after he has fallen in with Father Peace?
(a) Because he acknowledges that he is not Selina's real father.
(b) Because Deighton is really Silla's brother.
(c) Because Deighton is ashamed of his family.
(d) Because Father Peace negates all family ties.

6. Which of the following reasons does Selina accept as the basis for Silla's eviction of Suggie?
(a) Silla wants to get rid of all of Selina's friends.
(b) Silla wants rich boarders only.
(c) Silla is hateful and mean.
(d) Suggie has called Silla names.

7. What does Suggie do after Miss Mary dies?
(a) She gets married.
(b) She gets a new job.
(c) She moves out.
(d) She tells Selina that they should be happy while they can be.

8. When Selina and her father leave the place where Father Peace gathers his followers, to whom are they compared by the narrator?
(a) Zeus and Athena.
(b) Oedipus and Antigone.
(c) God and Mary.
(d) Socrates and Plato.

9. Which of the following is Selina warned not to do by Clive?
(a) Quit school.
(b) Go away.
(c) Learn to dance.
(d) Become Bohemian.

10. At the end of Book 3, what does Silla do when she realizes that Deighton will not be returning?
(a) She tries to kill him.
(b) She moves to another state with her daughters.
(c) She turns him in as an illegal immigrant.
(d) She orders Selina to never visit her father again.

11. In Chapter 10 of Book 4, which of the following does Clive's mother do that annoys Selina?
(a) She helps Selina feel better.
(b) She throws Selina out of their house.
(c) She yells and states that Selina is not a good match for Clive.
(d) She fakes a medical emergency.

12. Where does Deighton take Selina to see Father Peace?
(a) To the kingdom.
(b) To the table.
(c) To the temple.
(d) To the mountain.

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

14. In Book 4, which of the of the following does Ina declare to care more about than boys?
(a) Church.
(b) School.
(c) Going to college.
(d) Her mother.

15. When Silla and Deighton argue after he has become a follower of Father Peace, what huge family burden and loss does Silla blame Deighton for having caused?
(a) Selina's thoughts about marriage.
(b) The death of their son.
(c) Ina's unhappiness.
(d) The problems in the neighborhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Silla think that Miss Mary will not do?

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

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

4. Which of the following is the term used when referring to someone who is suggesting that all Blacks be allowed to join the Association?

5. When Miss Thompson sees Selina as an adult, what topic does she discuss with her?

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