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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. How old was Sonny when he became a father the first time?
(a) 16.
(b) 14.
(c) 50.
(d) 15.

2. When we meet H, what is happening to him?
(a) He is cheating on Ethe.
(b) He is walking away from the plantation as a free man.
(c) He is being chained by several policemen.
(d) He is working to meet the mine quota.

3. How does Willie try to make peace with Carson?
(a) By taking him to a movie.
(b) By buying him a toy.
(c) By telling him stories about his father.
(d) By walking with him.

4. When Sonny asks Amani what kind of name she has, what is her response?
(a) Mine.
(b) Christian.
(c) Pretend.
(d) Muslim.

5. Why does Willie insist they move to Harlem?
(a) Lil Joe has found them a great apartment.
(b) They have high-paying jobs waiting for them.
(c) She knows Robert cannot work in the mines.
(d) She wants to sing in the jazz clubs.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the summer of 1964, what is going on in Harlem?

2. Why does Yaw consent to teaching the boys in English?

3. What have the British done to King Prempeh I?

4. How old was H when the slaves were emancipated?

5. After both father figures walked out on the family, what living conditions do Willie, Sonny, and Josephine NOT face?

Short Essay Questions

1. What enables Willie to begin singing again in church?

2. Why does Robert choose to live the life of a white man?

3. What advice does Akua give to Yaw about his anger?

4. What prompts Sonny to give up his work for the NAACP?

5. How might a miner die?

6. How does Yaw use his scars to teach history to his students?

7. What about H puts him in danger with the police and the bosses?

8. Why is Marcus afraid of water?

9. Why might the novel Lord of the Flies be symbolic?

10. How can the character of Graham be compared to Willie's Robert?

(see the answer keys)

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