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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lucille preparing her daughter to do?
(a) Find a rich husband.
(b) Have an acting career.
(c) Get into a good college.
(d) To be a beauty queen.

2. What does Dr. Copeland do for his patients on Christmas day?
(a) He has a Christmas party.
(b) He treats them to a free dinner.
(c) He doesn't do anything.
(d) He gives them all a free check-up.

3. Where does Jake spend the second night of the story?
(a) On the floor.
(b) On a mattress on Mr. Singer's floor.
(c) In a chair in Mr. Singer's room.
(d) On a park bench.

4. What doesn't Dr. Copeland eat?
(a) Dairy products.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Meat.
(d) Rabbit.

5. What magazine does Mick look at when she went to the library?
(a) True Story.
(b) National Geographic.
(c) Boy's Life.
(d) Time.

6. Who does Dr. Copeland tell his guests about at the Christmas party?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Santa Claus.
(d) Mr. Singer.

7. What do Lucille and Biff both agree on?
(a) They are going to raise Baby together.
(b) They both need to get away for a while.
(c) They are going to make a lot of money.
(d) They are never going to marry again.

8. What happens to Dr. Copeland at the family reunion?
(a) He feels out of place and angry.
(b) He has to give everyone a check up.
(c) He gets sick and has to leave.
(d) He is delighted to be with everyone.

9. What does Jake ask the three men sitting on the step?
(a) If they knew a good fishing hole.
(b) If they ever rode the flying-jinny.
(c) If they had jobs.
(d) If they worked at the mill.

10. What does Jake say after Mr. Singer offers to share his room with him until he finds a place?
(a) He says yes.
(b) He is not staying in town.
(c) He preferred living alone.
(d) He has a place to stay.

11. Who took a drunken Jake Blount home?
(a) Mr. Singer took Jake Blount home with him.
(b) Mick Kelly took Jake Blount home with her.
(c) The Sherrif took Jake Blount home with him..
(d) Biff Brannon took Jake Blount home with him.

12. What term does Dr. Copeland use that his daughter takes offense at?
(a) Black People.
(b) Colored People.
(c) Negro.
(d) African Americans.

13. How many people lived in the Kelly house?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Eight.

14. What do the men tell Jake about when there was a strike at the mill.
(a) The mill offered them half of what they wanted.
(b) Their wives made them go back to work.
(c) The mill closed down and didn't open until the strike was over.
(d) The mill sent out trucks and brought in other workers to replace the strikers.

15. What did Mick want to do when she was standing with her arms spread out like wings?
(a) To sing.
(b) To see the churchtop across town.
(c) To get down and tend to her brothers.
(d) To fly.

Short Answer Questions

1. As she sat on the landing listening to Miss Brown's radio, where did Mick want be?

2. Why did Mick say she wore shorts?

3. Who is Portia?

4. Who is Biff Brannon?

5. What does Dr. Benedict Copeland do in the evening when he doesn't have patients?

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