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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What boat does Fish-Hound think one takes to heaven?
(a) Glory Boat.
(b) The Claw.
(c) The Ark.
(d) The Raven.

2. What instrument does Probe play?
(a) Piano.
(b) Afro-horn.
(c) Trombone.
(d) Violin.

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

4. What game do Mack's parents play often in "A Harlem Game"?
(a) Croquet.
(b) Cards.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Cricket.

5. What hits Nillmon's windshield?
(a) A person.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A deer.
(d) An arrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mack need from his mother?

2. Who is Mack's friend?

3. What does Grease say he did in the well?

4. Who does Fon say will save him?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Layton waiting for in "Goodbye, Sweetwater"?

2. What is one reason Dumas has the characters constantly joking in "Double Nigger"?

3. In "Rope of Wind," what happens to the prisoner at the end?

4. What do the crew pull out of the water in "Ark of Bones"?

5. In "A Harlem Game," how does Mack's father treat him?

6. What is the reason the story "Double Nigger" is so titled?

7. Who saves Fon from lynching in "Fon"?

8. What does Nillmon intend to do to Fon in "Fon"?

9. Where does Headeye go in "Ark of Bones" at the end of the story?

10. Why does Layton's grandmother tell him to give the white man who comes to collect money the good water in "Goodbye, Sweetwater"?

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