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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 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 is hateful and mean.
(c) Suggie has called Silla names.
(d) Silla wants rich boarders only.

2. 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) The death of their son.
(b) Ina's unhappiness.
(c) Selina's thoughts about marriage.
(d) The problems in the neighborhood.

3. Which of the following is Miss Thompson's advice to a grown-up Selina?
(a) To stay away from boys.
(b) To have a good time while she can.
(c) To graduate from college.
(d) To refrain from attending Association meetings.

4. Whom of the following does Father Peace call to sit by him when Selina first visits him?
(a) Deighton.
(b) Selina.
(c) All the women.
(d) Silla.

5. What do Miss Mary and Silla have in common?
(a) They both want to marry rich men.
(b) They both work hard, but have driven their daughters away.
(c) They both have miserable lives.
(d) They two of them are afraid to die.

6. What does Selina do when Clive is not available to comfort her following her run-in with Mrs. Benton?
(a) She follows Clive to make sure that he is telling the truth.
(b) She leaves a note for Clive, asking him to visit her later.
(c) She waits for Clive to return.
(d) She leaves her key in Clive's apartment and goes home.

7. What does Clive do a lot?
(a) Reads.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Plays the harmonica.
(d) Paints.

8. How does Clive respond to Selina's plan to change his life?
(a) He gives up painting.
(b) He is not interested.
(c) He proposes to her.
(d) He breaks up with her.

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

10. How does Silla react to Deighton's news about his new devotion to Father Peace?
(a) She throws things at him.
(b) She cries.
(c) She cannot believe him.
(d) She says that Deighton's devotion to Father Peace will set her free.

11. Which of the following reasons serves as the basis for Selina's decision to go to the Association meeting?
(a) She will then know what she has been criticizing.
(b) She might meet a nice young man.
(c) It is what her father would have wanted.
(d) It would make her mother happy.

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

13. Which of the following does Silla think that Miss Mary will not do?
(a) Ever die and let her rent the room to someone else.
(b) Speak to her because she is Black.
(c) Be kind to Selina.
(d) Pay her rent.

14. In Book 4, Chapter 10, which of the following statements best describes how Clive chooses to respond when his mother asks for his help?
(a) He runs away to get away from Selina.
(b) He helps Selina rather than his mother.
(c) He helps his mother rather than Selina.
(d) He breaks up with Selina.

15. After Deighton dies, what happens when Selina dreams about boys?
(a) Her mother slaps her face to awaken her from the dream.
(b) Suggie discourages her from having sex.
(c) Her father reaches out to her from beyond the grave.
(d) Ina is angry with her..

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of job does Selina get at the end of the book?

2. What does Clive's mother do to his paintings?

3. In Chapter 10 of Book 4, which of the following does Clive's mother do that annoys Selina?

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

5. What does Deighton tell his family after having become more enthralled with Father Peace?

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