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

2. What happens to Singer after Antonapoulos was gone?
(a) He relives memories of time with his friend.
(b) All the answers are correct.
(c) He walks and walks at night.
(d) He dreams of his friend Antonapoulos.

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

4. Why is Jake Blount so drawn to Mr. Singer?
(a) Mr. Singer gives him a lot of beer.
(b) Mr. Singer listens to him and seems to understand.
(c) Mr. Singer is very kind to him.
(d) Mr. Singer never argues with him.

5. In Part 2, Chapter 4, what two people does Jake Blount picture himself sitting with at a table?
(a) Karl Marx and Mr. Singer.
(b) Mr. Singer and Biff Brannon.
(c) Mr. Singer and Jesus.
(d) Jesus and Karl Marx.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Dr. Copeland use that his daughter takes offense at?

2. What does Mick's father do for a job?

3. In the opening pages of Chapter 3, what are Mr. and Mrs. Brannon arguing about?

4. Where does Jake go with the fruit basket it purchased.

5. Who does Portia say her father is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What place did Mick Kelly favor during her long walks at night, and why?

2. In what ways do Portia and her father differ in their reaction to Willie's punishment in prison and the loss of his feet?

3. What do we learn about the Kellys financial situation in Part 2, Chapter 9?

4. Who is Mick Kelly?

5. What made Doctor Copeland different from most other African-Americans in the town?

6. Why did Jake Blount not feel like a stranger in a strange town?

7. What does John Singer do when Antonapoulos started getting into trouble?

8. Why is Portia so determined that her father should live with her grandfather and other brothers when he is so different from them?

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

10. After living without his friend for over a year, why did the death of the other man push Mister Singer to suicide?

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