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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jake do after he trashes his ruined overalls?
(a) He walks around town.
(b) He goes to the New York Cafe for breakfast.
(c) He goes to the fruit store and got some apples.
(d) He goes to Main Street and bought a newspaper.

2. Who is Portia?
(a) A young woman who boards with them.
(b) The daughter of the town banker.
(c) The woman who cooks for the Kellys.
(d) A friend of Mick's from school.

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

4. What does Charles Parker, Antonapoulos's cousin do?
(a) Helps pay the fines for Antonapoulos as long as he leaves town.
(b) Loans Antonapoulos money to go away.
(c) He has Antonapoulos committed to an insane asylum.
(d) Takes Antonapoulos 200 miles away to live with his sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jake Blount feel when he is at home?

2. What does part of Biff almost wish?

3. What do the men tell Jake about when there was a strike at the mill.

4. How many people lived in the Kelly house?

5. What is a flying-jinny?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Biff Brannon do as he stands behind the cash register in Part 1, Chapter 2?

2. Why did Mister Singer arrange a special trip to visit Antonapoulos before his vacation?

3. What generally goes on inside Mick Kelly's head?

4. Why did Blount return to Mister Singer's room?

5. What question was plaguing Biff Brannon as he watched Mister Singer, Jake Blount, and Mick Kelly together?

6. Where does Antonapoulos's cousin, Charles Parker, take him after he gets into more trouble?

7. What three things does Antonapoulos like to do most?

8. In spite of Doctor Copeland seeming to set himself above the other African-Americans in town, how did he feel about them?

9. What does Blount want even more than a job?

10. Why does Mick sit on the stairs for such a long time?

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