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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 brings up the phrase "Double Nigger" in the story by the same title?
(a) Fish.
(b) Carl.
(c) Grease.
(d) Blue.

2. Who walks with Bubba and his sister in "The Crossing"?
(a) Johnny B.
(b) Jimmy Croon.
(c) Lester.
(d) Henry.

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

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

5. Who is supposed to come and bring Layton to his mother?
(a) His grandfather.
(b) Mr. Stubbs.
(c) His father.
(d) His cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mack's parents drink while they play their game?

2. Who stops Tate and his friends on the road?

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

4. What weapon does Nillmon carry?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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