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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. Who guards the blackbird?
(a) The hawk.
(b) The robin.
(c) The Dove.
(d) The phoenix.

2. What are Tate and his friends afraid of when they stop at the abandoned house with the well?
(a) Mean dogs.
(b) Hurricanes.
(c) Girls.
(d) Nothing.

3. What does Johnny B do with Mr. Westland's body?
(a) Puts it in a coffin.
(b) Saves it from being desecrated further.
(c) Throws it in the river.
(d) Prays over it.

4. Why are the guards reluctant to let the white patrons in?
(a) They are too old.
(b) They are too young.
(c) The music could supposedly be dangerous for them.
(d) They are rowdy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What shacks are supposed to be haunted?

2. Where does Mack want to go with his friend?

3. Who is the dead brother in "Echo Tree"?

4. What do the workers on the boat do?

5. In "A Boll of Roses," what is Layton's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the police treat the main characters in "Strike and Fade"?

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

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

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

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

6. What seems to be the purpose of the work the men on the ark do in "Ark of Bones"?

7. In "Ark of Bones," what is Headeye known for?

8. What is Bubba's main objective in "The Crossing"?

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

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

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