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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the four people who often visited Mr. Singer?
(a) Mick Kelly, Biff Brannon, Jake Blount, and Dr. Copeland.
(b) Mick Kelly, Portia, Willie, and Biff Brannon.
(c) Willie, Highboy, Bubber, and Mick.
(d) Bubber, Mick, Mandy Lewis, and Dr. Copeland.

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

3. In the summer when Mick takes her brothers for walks what does she think about?
(a) Snow, skating with Mr. Singer, and saving him when he falls through the ice.
(b) Mountain climbing in Switzerland.
(c) Dancing with Carole Lombard and Toscanini.
(d) Ice skating with her brother Bill.

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

5. What does Dr. Copeland feel when he remembered Mr. Singer's face.
(a) Hope.
(b) Peace.
(c) Anger.
(d) Joy.

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

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

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

9. Who knocks on Dr. Copeland's door at the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) William.
(b) A patient.
(c) Portia.
(d) Mick Kelly.

10. What is Singer's job?
(a) A chess master.
(b) An engraver in a jewelery store.
(c) A sign-language teacher at a special school.
(d) A psychologist.

11. What does Dr. Copeland's daughter want them to stop doing?
(a) Living apart.
(b) Going to church.
(c) Quarreling.
(d) Working.

12. What does Singer like to read?
(a) Non-fiction.
(b) Mysteries.
(c) Romances.
(d) Newspapers.

13. Who does Portia say her father is?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A black judge.
(c) A black doctor in town.
(d) A farmer.

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

15. Where does Singer move?
(a) He rents a room at the YMCA.
(b) He moves to an apartment above the jewelry store where he works.
(c) He rents a place in a dilapidated boarding house.
(d) He moves to a nice apartment above the New York Cafe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willie tell Biff Brannon happened to Jake Blount after he left the cafe?

2. What happens when Willie goes to trial?

3. What does Dr. Copeland's daughter tell him about her job?

4. What happens when Willie and Highboy came inside Dr. Copeland's home?

5. What was Jake Blount talking about when he was at the restaurant?

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