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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what do Farragot and Milford hear Wilson reprimand Smothers?
(a) Forgetting to take a blood test.
(b) Not following Procedure.
(c) Not showing the court respect.
(d) Takling down to the witness.

2. Who is looking for Billy at the end of the tale?
(a) William.
(b) Earline.
(c) Dillingham.
(d) Inner City.

3. Where does Leon get the impression that Gweneth likes to hear boys blow their own horns?
(a) Clarence Buford.
(b) Bronx connections.
(c) His father.
(d) Mrs. Boswell.

4. What does Butler consider the processes being worn by other black men, but don't imitate the whites?
(a) To expensive to allow a profit.
(b) A waste of time.
(c) To modern for him.
(d) Devil's work.

5. What has made Mrs. Farragot notorious at Project Gratis?
(a) Leaving the scene of a crime.
(b) Demanding a white lawyer.
(c) Refusing to cooperate with the police.
(d) Getting arrested.

6. What does R.V. remind Jones that they are?
(a) A group of accountants.
(b) A gang.
(c) People who insist on loyalty.
(d) A nonprofit community-based grass-roots organization.

7. After whom are Billy and William named?
(a) Father.
(b) Maternal grandfather.
(c) Mother's favorite singer.
(d) Paternal grandfather.

8. What is the only thing Billy wants from William when he visits him at the farm?
(a) To go across the road and buy him lunch.
(b) To help him get away from the farm.
(c) To talk about his mother.
(d) To stop talking and give him some gum.

9. Which of the characters is the group's warlord?
(a) Slick.
(b) Conchos.
(c) Dewey.
(d) Alphaeus.

10. What does R.V. tell them at Slick's that Willis is?
(a) Enforcer.
(b) Community collector.
(c) Accountant.
(d) Relations officer.

11. What colors does Gweneth wear?
(a) Blue and green.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Pink and black.
(d) Black and white.

12. Which of the following is true about the narrator's father?
(a) He throws tantrums.
(b) He spoils the narrator.
(c) He is abusive and violent.
(d) He loves dancing and Northern pretentious.

13. What does Bertha yell that Willis and R.V. need?
(a) To move to a new business.
(b) A good whipping.
(c) To go to church.
(d) Women who will treat them right.

14. What was the occupation of Billy and William's namesake?
(a) Salesman.
(b) Bar owner.
(c) Baptist preacher.
(d) He has no occupation.

15. What was the most important question that the narrator wants to ask?
(a) Where will you go next?
(b) What is your name?
(c) When did this happen?
(d) What happened to Billy?

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Marie Gilmore attend Butler's church?

2. Why does Ray say he is moving to a new parlor?

3. Who is the narrator of this story?

4. What does Winfield surprise Milford by telling him?

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

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