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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the three men do after Jake spoke to them?
(a) Drank.
(b) Sang a song.
(c) Smoked.
(d) Laughed.

2. What was on the written on the card that Mr. Singer gave Jake Blount?
(a) The address where Jake could get a room.
(b) His name address and phone number.
(c) His name and an explanation that he is deaf-mute and read lips.
(d) An address of a local AA meeting.

3. What does Brannon carry downstairs and keep behind the cash register?
(a) Start-up money for the day.
(b) Jake Blount's suitcase.
(c) Jake Blount's bag of books.
(d) A stack of out-dated newspapers.

4. What do Antonapoulos and Singer have in common?
(a) They are both unable to hear.
(b) They are both unable to speak.
(c) They have lived together for ten years.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

5. Why did Mick say she wore shorts?
(a) She didn't want to look like her sisters or wear their hand-me-downs.
(b) She could climb trees better in shorts than a skirt.
(c) She thought it was too hot for long pants.
(d) She wanted to look like her brothers, not her sisters.

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

7. What was the first thing Jake Blount says when he wakes in Mr. Singer's room?
(a) That he is thirsty.
(b) He asks what happened to him.
(c) He asks where he is.
(d) That he has to use the bathroom.

8. Who does Mick "prom with" at her party?
(a) Bubber.
(b) Spareribs.
(c) Sucker Wells.
(d) Harry Minowitz.

9. What does Mick's father do for a job?
(a) Repairs watches and clocks.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A chef.
(d) An artist.

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

11. How does Jake Blount feel when he is at home?
(a) Restless.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Tired.
(d) All answers are correct.

12. What does Dr. Copeland try to teach Negro parents?
(a) Better hygiene.
(b) Cleanliness.
(c) Birth control.
(d) To read.

13. What does Jake tell Mr. Singer that he had once done to his hand?
(a) He broke it in a fight.
(b) He put a stake through it.
(c) He sprained it.
(d) He nailed it to a table.

14. In the opening pages of Chapter 3, what are Mr. and Mrs. Brannon arguing about?
(a) A waitress who has been stealing from the cash drawer.
(b) Mr. Brannon's best friend who sometimes gets drunk.
(c) A mute man who comes in and causes trouble.
(d) A stranger who comes to town and owes them for meals and beer.

15. Who is Spiros Antonapoulos?
(a) Owner of a Greek grocery store.
(b) A chef at a Greek restaurant.
(c) An obese, dreamy Greek.
(d) He runs a candy store in the Southern town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Sunny Dixie Show?

2. What change does Mr. Singer see in his friend, Antonapoulos?

3. What is a flying-jinny?

4. What type of things does Mick think about when she goes to her "inside room"?

5. What does Dr. Copeland do for his patients on Christmas day?

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