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

2. How does Blue get his name?
(a) He is always slow.
(b) He is always sad.
(c) He is so black he seems blue.
(d) No one knows.

3. Who does Fon say will save him?
(a) His mother.
(b) Himself.
(c) His sister.
(d) His brother.

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

5. What is Fish-Hound's dog's name?
(a) Hellion.
(b) Noah.
(c) Rye.
(d) Heyboy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mack's friend?

2. What does Fish-Hound catch?

3. Who does Layton live with?

4. What does Layton try to give the white man who visits his grandmother's house?

5. What do Layton's grandmother and her friend clean on the porch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Layton's flower in "A Boll of Roses" symbolize?

2. In "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," what instrument does Probe play and how did he get it?

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

4. What will happen to people who curse the Echo Tree in "Echo Tree"?

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

6. In "Fon," what hits Nillmon's car?

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

8. In "Double Nigger," what are the characters desperate for?

9. How does Layton Bridges generally feel in "Goodbye, Sweetwater"?

10. What happens to the white people who talk their way into the club to hear Probe in "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"?

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