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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does May Day mean each year?
(a) A rebellion of all that is Northern.
(b) A jitterbbugging contest.
(c) An explanation of the historical event.
(d) A celebration plaiting the maypole and square dancing.

2. Why do many of the boys get off at Gweneth's stop?
(a) To be sure not to miss anything.
(b) To hear her say "bye y'all."
(c) To watch her walk away.
(d) To fight over who gets to walk her home.

3. What two things resurrect the narrator's memory of Gweneth?
(a) Square dancing and spurs.
(b) Jangles and Brooklyn.
(c) Lemon and country music.
(d) May poles and laughter.

4. What position does Ralston have?
(a) Judge.
(b) Messenger.
(c) Bank security guard.
(d) Lawyer.

5. When are the pay-ups that R.V. is requesting due?
(a) Saturday at 7.
(b) 7 at Thursday.
(c) Noon on Friday.
(d) Mondays at noon.

6. To what does the narrator compare the woman's wig and pantsuit?
(a) A big dog.
(b) A purple Cadillac.
(c) An open door in a hotel room.
(d) A flashing neon light.

7. What is Billy Renfro accomplished at doing?
(a) Lying.
(b) Killing.
(c) Selling.
(d) Gambling.

8. Which of the following doesn't Tommy's father threaten to do to Butler?
(a) Run all the "Toms" out of town.
(b) Give him his own haircut.
(c) Shut down Butler's church.
(d) Shut down the Butler's barbershop.

9. What does Jones admit to being and also to never being?
(a) To being a business man but never stupid.
(b) To killing but never getting caught.
(c) To being a member of the gang but never killing.
(d) To being young but never a fool.

10. What comment does Mrs. Boswell make about the narrator?
(a) That his outfit matches Gweneth's.
(b) That he can change his role.
(c) That he is learning the rhythm of the thing.
(d) That he is the most handsome of the boys.

11. What does Billy do during his lunch break at the post office?
(a) Snoops through people's mail.
(b) Talks to the women.
(c) Walks.
(d) Reads.

12. What does Tommy's father say his son's new haircut is like?
(a) One from the 1800s.
(b) Uneven and ugly.
(c) Plantation Negro.
(d) New age.

13. Which of the following characters dismisses country music as a valid art form?
(a) Mrs. Boswell.
(b) Gloria's husband.
(c) Gweneth.
(d) Gloria.

14. What does Leon's costume have that clanks?
(a) Spurs.
(b) Fake guns.
(c) Lots of jewlery.
(d) Huge belt buckle.

15. Why does the narrator want to go back to square dancing?
(a) To show everyone that he can do what his father says he can't.
(b) To trip Leon and teach him a lesson.
(c) To get one swing with Gweneth.
(d) To avoid having to be with Queen Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else does R.V. say supports them?

2. About what do Farragot and Milford hear Wilson reprimand Smothers?

3. What does Billy do as the prison guard leads him away?

4. What does Gweneth do to the narrator that he laughs at as he remembers it much later?

5. Which of the following two professions does John Butler practice?

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