Elbow Room Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Elbow Room Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 characters is the hearing officer?
(a) Wilson.
(b) Farragot.
(c) Winfield.
(d) Cripps.

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

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

4. What does Billy say that he learned in the war?
(a) Explosive technology.
(b) Ways to hurt others.
(c) How to spy on people.
(d) Discipline.

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

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

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

8. With what does Wilson have an odd fascination?
(a) Winfield's red handkerchief.
(b) Farragot's earrings.
(c) Farragot's expression.
(d) Milford's silver hair.

9. What does Butler believe shaping the hair of boys does for them?
(a) Shapes their lives.
(b) Allows for racial harmony.
(c) Works to help him stay current.
(d) Helps the community stay together.

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

11. What is Harper's farm?
(a) A church group that rehabilitates criminals.
(b) The farm that Billy and his wife own.
(c) Where Billy hids from the law.
(d) Where black offenders go to be put on road gangs.

12. What does "everyone" know that Slick is in to?
(a) Hired killing.
(b) Rackets.
(c) Street gangs.
(d) Drugs.

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

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

15. What is Farragot concerned about when she whispers to Milford?
(a) The female judge.
(b) Lie detectors and being railroaded.
(c) The fact that the white officer is testifying.
(d) The fact that she is not allowed to speak yet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Butler reply when Ella says she should have married someone different?

2. What happens when Billy goes into the general store to buy an orange soda?

3. What does the father of the girl Billy impregnates insist?

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

5. What profession does Corliss Milford practice?

(see the answer keys)

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