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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brew say his mother taught him?
(a) The ABCs
(b) Hate
(c) How to have fun
(d) How to steal

2. Which of Piri's friends does he have a fight with?
(a) Fangs
(b) Roger
(c) Mr. Big
(d) Little

3. What does Piri say before he leaves his parole hearing?
(a) Goodbye
(b) Idiots
(c) Thank you
(d) I am innocent

4. What is Gerald writing a book about?
(a) Native American
(b) Civil rights
(c) Racial relations
(d) Harlem

5. What reminds Piri of Trina?
(a) Meal times
(b) Sunny days
(c) Winter days
(d) Laughter

6. Whose picture does Piri look for in his father's belongings?
(a) His father's mistress
(b) His mother
(c) Paulie
(d) His father's mother

7. What part of America do Piri and Brew travel to?
(a) South
(b) Central
(c) North
(d) West

8. Why do Piri and his father stop fighting in the morning?
(a) They are too tired
(b) Piri breaks his mother's vase
(c) Piri's father has a heart attack
(d) Piri's sister cries

9. What color hair do both James and Jose have?
(a) Blonde
(b) Brown
(c) Black
(d) Red

10. What does Alayce say there is nothing worse than being?
(a) Poor
(b) Afraid
(c) Black
(d) White

11. In what city does Piri go with two octoroons to have sex?
(a) Miami
(b) Raleigh
(c) New Orleans
(d) Louisville

12. What is the name of the bar Piri and Brew go to?
(a) Color Trade
(b) Hot Tap
(c) Blue Bell
(d) Rat Trap

13. Who gives Piri heroin to sell?
(a) H-man
(b) Carlos
(c) Turkey
(d) Diego

14. What does Jose tell Piri before he leaves?
(a) Never to come back
(b) To get over himself
(c) To find himself
(d) He loves him

15. What do Piri and Brew want to join in Norfolk?
(a) The merchant marines
(b) Nation of Islam
(c) The black panthers
(d) The army

Short Answer Questions

1. What work does Piri do aboard the ship?

2. What does Piri say he counts off instead of days?

3. Who pulls Piri off his brother, Jose?

4. What will Brew and Piri have to do when they cross the Mason-Dixon line?

5. Who is the first person Piri visits in New York?

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