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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 Tyros's car run out of frequently?
(a) Antifreeze.
(b) Windshield fluid.
(c) Oil.
(d) Gas.

2. What is the narrator's grandfather in "Devil Bird"?
(a) A singer.
(b) A painter.
(c) An actor.
(d) A once-famous pastor.

3. Who does Tyros meet in the largest city he moves through?
(a) A prophet.
(b) An author.
(c) His best friend from school.
(d) A man in the river.

4. What form does the lake itself take?
(a) A man.
(b) A lady.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

5. What is Johnny B doing when the reader meets him in "Rope of Wind"?
(a) Driving a truck.
(b) Picking cotton.
(c) Studying.
(d) Fishing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book do the Devil and God examine in "Devil Bird"?

2. What is the name of the machine in "The Distributors"?

3. What bookstore is an important meeting place in "Harlem"?

4. What does Johnny B do right after meeting the white men?

5. How much does Big Mo think he can make selling the pecans?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the man in the crowd who has to be removed in "Harlem" become agitated?

2. How does the company in "The Man Who Could See Through Fog" treat it workers?

3. In "Thrust Counter Thrust," how does Saul lose his eye?

4. In "Harlem," what does Elder Dawud say the people should do?

5. Why is Carl looking for work in "The Distributors"?

6. In "Thrust Counter Thrust," how do others around Saul perceive him after Lon's death?

7. In "Six Days You Shall Labor," what do Big Mo and the others do after being told not to pick the pecans?

8. What does Mr. Westland ask Johnny B to tell his son?

9. What does Carl think is strange about the interview process in "The Distributors"?

10. In "The University of Man," how does Tyros view the car dealer?

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