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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what color does Harold say is the only color that he is concerned?
(a) The color orange.
(b) The color green.
(c) The color red.
(d) The color black.

2. How many days did Charles sit silently at his murder trial?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 4 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 6 days.

3. How long ago did Jones first notice trouble between Charles and Johnson?
(a) 1 year ago.
(b) 2 weeks ago.
(c) He never noticed trouble between them.
(d) 8 years ago.

4. What does Viola do when she meets Louis?
(a) Embraces him but later slaps his cheek.
(b) Slaps him and tells him to leave her alone.
(c) Tells him to leave her daughter alone.
(d) Hugs him whispering that he is not worthy of her daughter.

5. What does the sane man in the parable realize when he is given the vision of clarity?
(a) That help comes from friends.
(b) That his friends hate him.
(c) That there is no love.
(d) That the human souls are shadowed.

6. For what is Charles on trial?
(a) Theft.
(b) DUI.
(c) Assault.
(d) Murder.

7. Which of the following characters is described as obviously successful if not wealthy?
(a) Fredericka.
(b) Maltz.
(c) Clair.
(d) Louis.

8. What do the bobbies discuss on the way back to the hotel?
(a) A homesexual rally.
(b) The overriding belief that this is a waste of their time.
(c) The surprising frequency of thefts at that hotel.
(d) The fact that they'd rather be working at their desks.

9. What has Louis learned that Clair might do?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Act in a movie.
(c) Leave the dinner early.
(d) Run for office.

10. What happens when Paul is transferred to Oakland, CA?
(a) He immediately asks for a transfer to Tennessee.
(b) He begins working in a mental hospital.
(c) He marries a black girl.
(d) He is attacked by a stranger.

11. Why does the narrator head for the East?
(a) This is the new Mecca and he is drawn there.
(b) He is obliged to go there.
(c) It is softer there.
(d) Words have detached from emotion and passion.

12. How long did Charles work for Johnson?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 8 years.

13. What do Harold's children see that upsets them?
(a) Their father being taken away by the police.
(b) Watching him being picked on in the news.
(c) Their friends throwing stones at their father's stores.
(d) Realizing their father is a cheat

14. Which of the following women does Louis know he loves?
(a) Clair.
(b) Fredricka
(c) Viola.
(d) Loretta.

15. Where were the students given passports to go?
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) London.
(c) America.
(d) Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the narrator's favorite waitress fired?

2. What does Viola complain that Louis has done?

3. What does the narrator like to do but not do?

4. What does Charles ask Johnson that Plinkett witnessed?

5. For what is the narrator searching?

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