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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Butler reply when Ella says she should have married someone different?
(a) She should give the next sermon.
(b) She knows she loves him.
(c) She can't do better than him.
(d) She can leave whenever she wants.

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

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

4. What does Billy do during his lunch break at the post office?
(a) Walks.
(b) Talks to the women.
(c) Reads.
(d) Snoops through people's mail.

5. What is the only thing Billy wants from William when he visits him at the farm?
(a) To talk about his mother.
(b) To help him get away from the farm.
(c) To go across the road and buy him lunch.
(d) To stop talking and give him some gum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Mrs. Farragot as Milfird sees her?

2. After whom are Billy and William named?

3. What comment does Mrs. Boswell make about the narrator?

4. How long after Billy goes to work for Dillingham does the meeting in Chicago occur?

5. Which of the following two professions does John Butler practice?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does the meeting in Chicago occur in Billy's life?

2. Describe the three pictures Milford looks at while he waits for Mrs. Farragot to arrive.

3. What does the woman say about men?

4. What information about Mrs. Farragot's history does Milford have?

5. How does Gloria's husband feel about square dancing and why is it surprising he feels this way?

6. Describe Red Bone and what she tells the woman about Billy.

7. What happens when the narrator of this story asks the woman sitting in the waiting room how she got the scar on her face?

8. What complaint does Butler have about young blacks?

9. Why does the officer assume Mrs. Farragot is drunk and what happens when he tries to confirm it?

10. Describe Gweneth Lawson as seen through the narrator's eyes.

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