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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What meal does the family gather for the next day?
(a) Tea
(b) Breakfast
(c) Lunch
(d) Dinner

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

3. Who is the first person Piri visits in New York?
(a) His mother
(b) Jose
(c) His aunt
(d) Trini

4. How much money does Brew offer the man to allow them to work on the ship?
(a) $50
(b) $30
(c) $20
(d) $40

5. What does Piri draw Rocky as?
(a) An aborigine
(b) A Negro
(c) A woman
(d) An American Indian

6. What does Piri's mother tell Piri before he leaves?
(a) To be a man
(b) To settle down
(c) To eat well
(d) To keep warm

7. What does Piri give the officer when he calls him boy?
(a) Cold coffee
(b) A slap
(c) Warm beer
(d) A cup of urine

8. Who does Piri go to for help?
(a) Jose
(b) Waneko
(c) His father
(d) Betty

9. What does James say has happened to Trina?
(a) She has married
(b) She has gone to England
(c) She has been murdered
(d) She has gone insane

10. What did white boys threaten to do to Brew?
(a) Flush him
(b) Cornhole him
(c) Gut him
(d) Kill him

11. What job does Jose now have?
(a) Stockbroker
(b) Doctor
(c) Lawyer
(d) Paratrooper

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

13. Where does Piri start to work after he gets off the heroin?
(a) A cafe
(b) A ship
(c) A restaurant
(d) A hospital

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

15. Where are Billy and Danny from?
(a) The Bronx
(b) Newark
(c) Babylon
(d) Louisville

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Piri throw the picture of his father's mistress?

2. What color eyes do both James and Jose have?

3. What does Brew say his mother taught him?

4. What kind of blood does Piri say they all have?

5. What is the name of the prison Piri is moved to?

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