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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mr. Singer on the train?
(a) He is going to visit his sister.
(b) He is going to the Gulf on vacation.
(c) He is going to visit his friend Antonapoulos.
(d) He is looking for a new home.

2. What does Mick Kelly write in her notebook?
(a) Short stories.
(b) Music.
(c) A diary.
(d) Poems.

3. What is Dr. Copeland supposed to do on August 21, 1939?
(a) Move in with Portia.
(b) Retire.
(c) Move to his in-law's farm.
(d) Take a vacation.

4. Where do Jake and Mr. Singer go in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 13?
(a) Portia's house.
(b) Dr. Copeland's house.
(c) The New York Cafe.
(d) Kelly's house.

5. Where is Jake going to go after leaving town?
(a) He doesn't know, except that he'll stay in the South.
(b) He is going to go to Texas.
(c) He is going to Atlanta.
(d) He is going north.

6. Why does Harry say he is leaving town?
(a) Because he is afraid he'll go to jail for what he did.
(b) Because he can make better money in another town.
(c) Because if he stays his mother will figure out what they did.
(d) Because he wantsd to marry Mick and she says no.

7. What does Harry ask Mick to do to get away and relieve the heat?
(a) Go to the country club pool.
(b) Go to the YMCA pool.
(c) Swim in the river.
(d) To go on a picnic and swimming.

8. Why is Mick always asked to work overtime?
(a) Because she needs the money.
(b) Because the owner likes her.
(c) Because no one else will do it.
(d) Because she can stand on her feet longer than other girls.

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

10. What does Mick dream of being when she is twenty?
(a) A mother.
(b) A popular writer.
(c) A world-famous composer.
(d) A singer.

11. Why isn't Mick getting enough sleep?
(a) She has to take care of her baby brother at night.
(b) She has to sleep on the sofa.
(c) She is sneaking out of the house at night.
(d) She is helping her father at night.

12. What did Mr. Singer find out when he gets to the asylum?
(a) Antonapoulos has died.
(b) There are no visitors allowed.
(c) His friend is quite ill.
(d) Antonapoulos has been released.

13. What does Jake tell Copeland's guests he wants to do?
(a) Take the boys around, and tell people what happened and why.
(b) Take the boys to the state capitol, and tell the governor what happened.
(c) Take the boys to a special hospital in Texas to get help.
(d) All the answers are correct.

14. Who does Mr. Singer meet as he walks the streets before catching his train home?
(a) Three men who are mute.
(b) A husband and wife who were signing.
(c) An attractive woman.
(d) Mick Kelly.

15. What does Mick want to tell Mr. Singer?
(a) She likes visiting him.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She wants to play chess with him.
(d) She wants to marry him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who starts the problem that Jake Blount is running away from?

2. What happens when Jake asks for the names of the guards that hurt Willie?

3. What is the man named Simms trying to do to Jake Blount?

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

5. In the narration of Part 2, Chapter 14, how are the strange feelings Mick is having described?

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