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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 is the name of the club in "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"?
(a) The Wire.
(b) The Sound Barrier Club.
(c) The Hothouse.
(d) The Ring.

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

3. What weapon does Nillmon carry?
(a) Whip.
(b) Pistol.
(c) Knife.
(d) Chainsaw.

4. What do Layton's grandmother and her friend clean on the porch?
(a) Corn.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Zucchini.
(d) Peas.

5. What is Nillmon's profession?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Cop.
(c) Landscaper.
(d) Accountant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is supposed to come and bring Layton to his mother?

2. Who guards the blackbird?

3. In "Ark of Bones," who follows Fish-Hound?

4. What river does Fish-Hound wander near?

5. Where did Probe get his instrument?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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