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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dr. Copeland tell his father-in-law he believed in?
(a) Liberty and justice for all.
(b) Equality for all people.
(c) Justice for negroes.
(d) The Constitution.

3. Who does Biff hire to work at the restaurant?
(a) Bubber Kelly.
(b) Highboy.
(c) Harry Minowitz.
(d) Mick Kelly.

4. Why does Mick think boys have it better than girls?
(a) Boys can wear long pants or shorts.
(b) Boys can get a part time job and not have to quit school.
(c) Boys can wear their hair short if they wanted too.
(d) Boys are stronger.

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

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

7. What does Jake say when Mr. Singer tells him about Willie?
(a) He says he knows a good lawyer.
(b) He says there is something that could be done.
(c) He says the boy must have deserved it.
(d) He says that it is a darn shame.

8. What does Jake's fellow workers think he is?
(a) A clown.
(b) A crazy man.
(c) A fugitive.
(d) A communist.

9. Where is Antonapoulos when Mr. Singer goes to visit him at the asylum?
(a) In the infirmary.
(b) In a private room.
(c) In the bathroom.
(d) Outside.

10. Who does Jake decide to go see after he remembers Mr. Singer was dead?
(a) Simms.
(b) Portia.
(c) Dr. Copeland.
(d) Biff Brannon.

11. What is the man named Simms trying to do to Jake Blount?
(a) Trying to convert him.
(b) Trying to join his cult.
(c) Trying to be his friend.
(d) Trying to steal his money.

12. What does Biff Brannon find in the bathroom closet?
(a) His wife's perfume.
(b) Alice's make-up.
(c) A bottle of pain pills.
(d) Toilet cleaner.

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

14. In the narration of Part 2, Chapter 14, how are the strange feelings Mick is having described?
(a) It is like she is tired all the time.
(b) It is like she is waiting for something, but didn't know what.
(c) It is like she wants to get her own apartment.
(d) It is like she missed Harry and wanted to go find him.

15. What happens in June that changes everything for Mick?
(a) Etta has her surgery and is getting better.
(b) Her sister comes home and said they are hiring where she works.
(c) Her brother gets a raise and is able to help the family more.
(d) Her sister comes home and tells her she is getting married.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mick go after work on August 21?

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

3. What does Dr. Copeland say when Jake enters his bedroom?

4. In Chapter 9 what is the Kellys biggest problem?

5. What epidemic keeps Dr. Copeland busy during February?

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