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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though the narrator says that he finds companionship wherever he can, he claims he is not what?
(a) An adulterer.
(b) A womanizer.
(c) Loose.
(d) Married.

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

3. What part of the scar does the woman hope can be fixed?
(a) The part on her forehead.
(b) All of it.
(c) The part around the eye.
(d) The part at her chin.

4. What does Tommy Gilmore want from Butler?
(a) A place to work.
(b) A sermon.
(c) A shoe shine.
(d) An Afro.

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

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

7. Why does Teddy start logging overtime?
(a) To talk to Billy.
(b) To make more money from his gambling.
(c) To be around when the nightshift breaks for lunch.
(d) To spy on Red and the woman.

8. Who does Mrs. Boswell use as her foil when telling the boys how to find wives?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Leon.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Clarence.

9. Why have people left Butler's church and gone to Rev. Tarwell's church?
(a) They like what they hear at Tarwell's church.
(b) There are more younger people at Tarwell's church.
(c) Tarwell's church is air conditioned.
(d) Tarwell's church is larger and more modern.

10. Who else does R.V. say supports them?
(a) Police.
(b) Parents.
(c) Church goers.
(d) Students.

11. What does she say about the first doctor?
(a) He refused to touch her.
(b) He stitched her up like a turkey.
(c) He said the stabbing was her fault.
(d) He was a plastic surgeon.

12. Who is the narrator of this story?
(a) Floyd.
(b) Billy's cousin.
(c) Chelseia.
(d) Billy.

13. Who is the narrator of the story?
(a) A patient.
(b) The secretary.
(c) The nurse.
(d) The doctor.

14. What does Willis say to R.V.?
(a) I got a problem in community relations.
(b) I need your help.
(c) Curtis sent me.
(d) The Henry Street Gang is going to kill me.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the occupation of Billy and William's namesake?

2. What does R.V. remind Jones that they are?

3. How many years is Billy at the farm before he is paroled?

4. Why does R.V. say they should join forces?

5. What does Red say the other workers are feeling since she started dating Billy?

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