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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How many years is Billy at the farm before he is paroled?
(a) 7.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

7. What makes Billy appear to strut?
(a) His advice.
(b) His personality.
(c) A birth defect.
(d) A war wound.

8. What does the narrator tell Mrs. Boswell at recess that makes her laugh?
(a) That he would rather be a plaiter.
(b) That he cannot dance.
(c) That Leon hurt him.
(d) That he wants to be partners with Gweneth.

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

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

11. What does Butler's wife advise him to do?
(a) To lay off the broken record.
(b) To add some excitement to the church.
(c) To go and watch a Tarwell sermon.
(d) To retire and travel with her.

12. What does Ella ask God?
(a) Why he won't give Tarwell a chance.
(b) Why she stays with the man.
(c) Why he won't listen to her.
(d) Why she married a man with such a hard head.

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

14. Why does Tommy's father "kick (Butler's) ass"?
(a) Because he is too old.
(b) Because Butler refunded his money.
(c) Because he knows Butler doesn't know any better.
(d) Because he is a minister.

15. How many doctors has the woman seen?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willis say to R.V.?

2. To what does the narrator compare the woman's wig and pantsuit?

3. What does Dewey wear to show people he is fearless?

4. How does Winfield describe the street on the night in question?

5. What does R.V. tell them at Slick's that Willis is?

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