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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. How does Grease get his name?
(a) He is very fast.
(b) No one remembers.
(c) When he eats, grease collects on his mouth.
(d) He is slippery when talking to people.

2. How does Fish get his name?
(a) He smells like fish.
(b) He eats a lot of fish.
(c) No one knows.
(d) He is a good swimmer.

3. In "Goodbye, Sweetwater," where does Layton live?
(a) Faberton.
(b) Holly Springs.
(c) New York City.
(d) Esserton.

4. What does Grease say he did in the well?
(a) Spit in it.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Took a bath in it.
(d) Pooped in it.

5. How does Tate get his name?
(a) He gave it to himself.
(b) His given name is Thomas.
(c) His head looks like a potato.
(d) No one knows.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Crossing," who is Bubba's sister?

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

3. How do the white men who come to kill Fon die themselves?

4. What weapon does Nillmon carry?

5. What instrument does Jan play?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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