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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the city was the African-American man's father in when he tried to hurt himself?
(a) Queens.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Annapolis.
(d) Main Street.

2. Who does Jesus say he will kill?
(a) Patrice Lumumba.
(b) The Queens' father.
(c) Patrick Hanson.
(d) The Landlady.

3. Who calms down the balding character in Part 4?
(a) The Queen.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Jesus.
(d) The Duchess.

4. What is significant about the area of the city that the African-American man's father tried to hurt himself?
(a) There were no churches.
(b) It didn't have transportation.
(c) It was an African American ghetto.
(d) It was a white neighborhood.

5. Where did Sarah search for her father?
(a) His apartment.
(b) A bar.
(c) Her mother's house.
(d) Harlem.

6. What did Sarah's father say that his existence depended on?
(a) Her rejecting him.
(b) Her embracing him.
(c) Her forgetting him.
(d) Her thanking him.

7. The African-American man is telling another character's story. What aspect of this character's life do we learn through the African-American man?
(a) His mother's life.
(b) His father's life.
(c) Her father's life.
(d) Her mother's life.

8. What did the African-American man's mother want him to do with what he learned on his travels?
(a) Become a chef.
(b) Become a writer.
(c) Start a new business.
(d) Teach what he learned to his people.

9. What sound is heard in Part 4?
(a) Howling.
(b) Knocking.
(c) Ringing.
(d) Humming.

10. Who returns to the stage in Part 4?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Monica.
(c) The African-American man.
(d) The Landlady.

11. What does the neighborhood the African-American man's father tried to harm himself in signify to Sarah?
(a) Her rejection of Caucasion culture.
(b) Her rejection of African American culture.
(c) Her rejection of Asian culture.
(d) Her acceptence of African American Culture.

12. What does the rejection of the African-American man's mother symbolize?
(a) Rejection of society.
(b) Self-love.
(c) Self-hatred.
(d) Nothing.

13. In Part 4, who does the Landlady say died?
(a) Sarah.
(b) The Queen.
(c) Sarah's father.
(d) Patrice Lumumba.

14. In whose home does Jesus fall asleep in?
(a) His own house.
(b) The home of the Queen.
(c) The home of Sarah.
(d) The home of the Duchess.

15. How did the African-American man's father feel about his son?
(a) He was disappointed.
(b) He loved him.
(c) He hated him.
(d) He was indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. The African-American man says his father tried to hurt himself at the end of Part 3. What did he try and do?

2. What did Sarah's father want from her?

3. Who wanted the African-American man to achieve an unattainable goal in Part 3?

4. Did Sarah ever forgive her father in Part 4?

5. Who opens the play in Part 3?

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