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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dewey insist Willis must do?
(a) Go and find the police.
(b) Leave immediately.
(c) Kill Slick.
(d) Declare his loyalty.

2. What does Billy do as the prison guard leads him away?
(a) Stares at William.
(b) Talks to his dead mother.
(c) Begs William to save him.
(d) Sings and laughs.

3. What does the man do to R.V. that causes him to order Aubrey to take him out?
(a) Calls the police.
(b) Punches him in the face.
(c) Takes his gun away.
(d) Trips R.V. and causes him to fall.

4. What happens to Teddy when he fights for the knife after the woman is stabbed?
(a) He kills Billy.
(b) He hurts Red.
(c) He runs away.
(d) He gets stabbed.

5. For what was Mrs. Farragot arrested?
(a) DUI.
(b) Hitting an officer.
(c) Murder.
(d) Flashing.

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

7. What is Billy's job at Dillingham Automotives, Inc.?
(a) Getting the cars ready to be picked up.
(b) Keeping the cars and the car lot safe.
(c) Tracking down blacks who default on their car loans.
(d) Selling cars to blacks.

8. What does Butler forbid in his barber shop?
(a) Beards.
(b) Shoe shines.
(c) Fancy cuts.
(d) Shaving.

9. Why is Tarwell considering hiring Butler as an assistant pastor?
(a) To make Butler feel useful.
(b) To rejoin the black community.
(c) To allow the two congregations to join.
(d) So Tarwell can go into politics.

10. Who is the narrator in this story?
(a) Gloria's husband.
(b) Gweneth.
(c) Mrs. Boswell.
(d) Gloria.

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

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

13. What does Gweneth do to the narrator that he laughs at as he remembers it much later?
(a) Hugs.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Smiles.
(d) Kisses.

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

15. What two things does Curtis suggest Willis do when he is worried about the Henry Street Guys?
(a) Ask Slick to help him and talk to R.V.
(b) Get protection and adopt a new approach.
(c) Move out of the city and take him with him.
(d) Hide out for a week and then try again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters dismisses country music as a valid art form?

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

3. After whom are Billy and William named?

4. What does the note from the narrator's father say will happen if he has to dance?

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

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