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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 does Mack need from his mother?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Food.
(c) Help filling out forms.
(d) Money.

2. In "Ark of Bones," who follows Fish-Hound?
(a) Headeye.
(b) Brown Eye.
(c) Roundeye.
(d) Eagle Eye.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nillmon call Fon?

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

4. What boat does Fish-Hound think one takes to heaven?

5. Where is Layton's brother killed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Mack hurt himself at the end of "A Harlem Game"?

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

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

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

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

9. What famous tragedy do the characters in "The Crossing" reference?

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

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