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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. Where does Dr. Copeland go after the Christmas party?
(a) To Portia's for dinner.
(b) On his rounds.
(c) To bed.
(d) To visit Willie.

2. Where does Singer move?
(a) He rents a room at the YMCA.
(b) He rents a place in a dilapidated boarding house.
(c) He moves to an apartment above the jewelry store where he works.
(d) He moves to a nice apartment above the New York Cafe.

3. What does Bubber ask Baby to let him see?
(a) Her fancy costume.
(b) Her little pink pocketbook.
(c) Her dancing shoes.
(d) The book she was reading.

4. What was Jake Blount talking about when he was at the restaurant?
(a) About doomsday.
(b) A weird kind of politics.
(c) About everything and nothing.
(d) About religion.

5. What does Mick's father do for a job?
(a) A teacher.
(b) Repairs watches and clocks.
(c) An artist.
(d) A chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 5, what does Spareribs bring with him to the Kelly house?

2. Who took a drunken Jake Blount home?

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

4. What was Mick doing in her brother's room that upset her?

5. As she sat on the landing listening to Miss Brown's radio, where did Mick want be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is happening with Mick in the opening of Part 2, Chapter 14?

2. Why did the four people, Mick Kelly, Jake Blount, Doctor Copeland, and Biff Brannon visit Mister Singer so often?

3. Why does Mick apply for the job at the ten-cent store?

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

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

6. Why were the black families so hard hit with problems during the month of February?

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

8. What do Spiros Antonapoulos and John Singer have in common?

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

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

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