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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jake observe happening around the Sunny Dixie?
(a) Simms is getting drunk there.
(b) Children can't afford tickets.
(c) Gangs are hanging out there.
(d) Fights, anger, and even a murder.

2. What epidemic keeps Dr. Copeland busy during February?
(a) Pnemonia.
(b) Measles.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Influenza.

3. Who does Dr. Copeland decide he needs to talk to about his son?
(a) The superior court judge.
(b) His other sons.
(c) Mr. Singer.
(d) The pharmacist, Marshall Nicolls.

4. What does Biff do to the bedroom after Alice dies?
(a) He paints the room.
(b) He scrubbs the floor.
(c) He remodels it.
(d) He keeps it exactly the same.

5. What is Jack Blount's dream?
(a) He is walking in a crowd, carrying something.
(b) He is riding on the flying-jenny.
(c) He is on a train.
(d) He is walking on a tightrope.

6. What does Mr. Singer do to occupy himself when he misses Antonapoulos?
(a) He walks for miles around town.
(b) He listens to the radio.
(c) He gets a part time job.
(d) He starts a hobby.

7. How does Dr. Copeland feel about Mr. Singer's death?
(a) He doesn't care at all.
(b) A dark sorrow fills his heart.
(c) He refuses to think about it.
(d) He wishes he'd been there to help his friend.

8. What happens to Dr. Copeland while he is at the courthouse?
(a) He sees no one and goes home.
(b) He is beaten by the sheriff.
(c) He gets ill and passes out.
(d) He is told to go home.

9. Who starts the problem that Jake Blount is running away from?
(a) His boss, who tried to close early.
(b) The police, who were shutting down the place.
(c) All the answers are correct.
(d) A black boy and a white boy.

10. What does Biff keep in the room downstairs?
(a) His files, a rocking chair, and his mandolin.
(b) A radio and a rocking chair.
(c) Old photographs of Alice.
(d) His files and newspapers.

11. What was wrong with Etta Kelly?
(a) She has influenza.
(b) She is sick with a diseased ovary.
(c) She has bad cramps.
(d) She has pnemonia.

12. Where does Biff go during his Sunday break?
(a) To the playground to watch the children playing.
(b) To see Mr. Singer.
(c) To try to watch Mick Kelly.
(d) To the playground with Baby.

13. What happens to the music in Mick's mind after all the changes she undergoes during the past month?
(a) She sings more of it.
(b) It is in her secret box.
(c) It is gone.
(d) She writes it all down.

14. What does Portia tell her father at the end of Book 2, Chapter 10?
(a) You need to be in bed.
(b) The best thing to do is be quiet and wait.
(c) Colored people should unite and revolt.
(d) Colored people should know their place.

15. How does Mr. Singer feel about his four routine visitors?
(a) He is tired of hearing the same thing over and over.
(b) He wishes they would visit less often.
(c) He thinks they are all very foolish people.
(d) It is better to be with them than to be alone too long.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Copeland lack the strength to do?

2. While Mr. Singer is on the train, what is he thinking about his four frequent visitors?

3. What does Dr. Copeland tell his father-in-law he believed in?

4. What did Mr. Singer find out when he gets to the asylum?

5. Who does Mr. Singer meet as he walks the streets before catching his train home?

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