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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the African-American man's father when he tried to hurt himself?
(a) On the beach.
(b) In a restaurant.
(c) In a hotel room.
(d) In a kitchen.

2. Where did the African-American man and his family move to after their travels?
(a) Ghana.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Florida.

3. How did the African-American man feel about his mother?
(a) He hated her.
(b) He didn't care for her.
(c) He was indifferent.
(d) He loved her.

4. What is the significance of the continuous sound?
(a) The presence of God.
(b) The presence of Sarah's father.
(c) The presence of Sarah's mother.
(d) The presence of the landlady.

5. What was the African-American man's father's reaction to the treatment of his wife?
(a) He became more determined to find a job.
(b) He became more determined to be the messiah.
(c) He killed her.
(d) He hit his son.

6. What did Sarah's father send her in Part 4?
(a) Candy.
(b) A gift.
(c) A letter.
(d) Flowers.

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

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

9. What is the first thing the Duchess and Jesus speak about?
(a) His father's blackness.
(b) Her father's whiteness.
(c) Her father's blackness.
(d) Her lack of identity.

10. On what holiday did Sarah visit her father?
(a) Easter.
(b) New Years.
(c) Valentine's Day.
(d) Halloween.

11. Who loses his or her hair in Part 4?
(a) The African American man.
(b) The landlady.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Jesus.

12. What did the African-American man's father say the people that were coming for him were going to do to him?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Hang him.
(c) Arrest him.
(d) Nail him to a cross.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the character in Part 4 do when he or she realizes his or her hair fell out?

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

3. What did the African-American man's father do to his mother?

4. What do Jesus and the Duchess do to each other in Part 4?

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

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