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

2. Who is John Singer?
(a) A tall, obese, Jewish man.
(b) The owner of a jewelry store.
(c) A tall man with a quick, intelligent expression.
(d) A man whoes hobby is engraving.

3. What was Mick doing in her brother's room that upset her?
(a) Taking a nap in his bed.
(b) Trying to paint some new pictures that didn't turn out.
(c) Trying to talk to him and he was ignoring her.
(d) Trying to make a violin out of a broken ukulele.

4. What do the three men do after Jake spoke to them?
(a) Smoked.
(b) Laughed.
(c) Drank.
(d) Sang a song.

5. What is the Sunny Dixie Show?
(a) A revival.
(b) A carnival.
(c) A rodeo.
(d) A dance hall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Jake Blount so drawn to Mr. Singer?

2. What does Mick suddenly realize about her father in Part 2, Chapter 1?

3. Where does Jake spend the second night of the story?

4. What did Mick do in the afternoon after her conversation with Portia in the kitchen?

5. How does Dr. Copeland feel after the Christmas party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens when Jake Blount finally meets, Simms, the man who wrote the message on the wall?

6. What caused the riot at the Sunny Dixie Show?

7. Why does Jake Blount bring a black man into the restaurant with him when he knew blacks cannot eat in the same place as white people?

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 was Mick's theory about the younger kids in a family?

10. Why does Jake insist on going to visit Willie after hears about the young man's situation?

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