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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Headeye find in "Ark of Bones"?
(a) A ham bone.
(b) A dry bone.
(c) A rye bone.
(d) A mojo bone.

2. What do Headeye and Fish-Hound argue about at one point?
(a) Whether the beach is really safe.
(b) What is the best way to cook fish.
(c) What are the best books to read.
(d) How many Black people are in the Bible.

3. What instrument does Jan play?
(a) Trombone.
(b) Tenor sax.
(c) Violin.
(d) Piano.

4. Who does Layton live with?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His mother.

5. What happens if you curse the echo tree in "Echo Tree"?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Your family shuns you.
(c) You become an albino.
(d) You die.

6. What is the name of the club in "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"?
(a) The Sound Barrier Club.
(b) The Ring.
(c) The Hothouse.
(d) The Wire.

7. What do Layton's grandmother and her friend clean on the porch?
(a) Corn.
(b) Peas.
(c) Tomatoes.
(d) Zucchini.

8. Which famous historical figure does Bubba reference in "The Crossing"?
(a) Martin Luther King Jr.
(b) Emmett Till.
(c) Medger Evers.
(d) Harriet Tubman.

9. Who stops Tate and his friends on the road?
(a) A white man in a truck.
(b) Tate's mother.
(c) Grease's brother.
(d) Fish's father.

10. What is Layton's last name in "Goodbye, Sweetwater"?
(a) Hedges.
(b) Bridges.
(c) Richards.
(d) Henderson.

11. What do Tate and his friends do a lot of in the story "Double Nigger"?
(a) Steal.
(b) Joke and make fun of each other.
(c) Cook.
(d) Swim.

12. Who does the old scout meet before joining the parade?
(a) Vince.
(b) Bart.
(c) River.
(d) Helen.

13. What state does Layton live in?
(a) Virginia.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Mississippi.

14. What does Fish-Hound catch?
(a) Fish.
(b) Turtles.
(c) A dog.
(d) A bear.

15. Where is Layton's brother killed?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Germany.
(d) Korea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmy threaten to do to Bubba's sister in "The Crossing"?

2. What does Mr. Westland ask Johnny B to do in "Rope of the Wind"?

3. What does Mack do to himself at the end of the story?

4. What does the billboard in "Fon" say?

5. What do the workers on the boat pull from the water?

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