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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tone wear on a necklace?
(a) A dollar bill.
(b) A tooth of his own.
(c) A silver charm.
(d) A shark's tooth.

2. What is at the bottom of the steps to Adan's house?
(a) A burger stand.
(b) A doghouse.
(c) An old jet ski.
(d) A patch of coconut trees.

3. What kind of woman was Wilma in 1963?
(a) A woman of order.
(b) A woman of impulse.
(c) A woman of ill repute.
(d) A woman who knew how to end things.

4. What commotion is happening on the beach when Mira is walking home in Chapter 9?
(a) Someone found a shark's body.
(b) Someone kidnapped a baby.
(c) Someone was found bloody and nearly dead.
(d) Someone found a strange ship that looks like it crashed on the sand.

5. What is one reason Lala wants money in Chapter 14?
(a) To bury Baby.
(b) To buy new dresses.
(c) To go back to college.
(d) To give to Tone to make up her debts.

6. What does Mira repeatedly buy at the convenience store?
(a) Milk.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Bread.
(d) Raisins.

7. What does Mira do during the robbery that enrages Adan?
(a) Stabs him.
(b) Pulls the mask off his face.
(c) Spits at him.
(d) Pulls the stocking off his face.

8. Who does Lala always see walking a dog on the beach?
(a) A tall pink man.
(b) A short little girl.
(c) A very old white woman.
(d) A very young Black boy.

9. Who comes to wake Mira up in the middle of the night in Chapter 9?
(a) Peter.
(b) Sam.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Beth.

10. Who does Wilma send Esme to live with in Chapter 11?
(a) Auntie Res.
(b) Auntie Ryland.
(c) Auntie Earlie.
(d) Auntie Petra.

11. What does Lala call her baby?
(a) Baby.
(b) Stella.
(c) Esme.
(d) Wilma.

12. What does the person who wakes Mira up in the middle of the night in Chapter 9 ask her for?
(a) Food.
(b) Comfort and medicine.
(c) To watch a movie.
(d) Water.

13. What is one reason Lala thinks Baby died?
(a) She is being punished for having a previous abortion.
(b) Adan is a bad person.
(c) She did not read enough about how to take care of Baby.
(d) Carson is a bad person.

14. Who is in charge of the investigation into Baby's death?
(a) Sergeant Hendrickson.
(b) Sergeant Cannes.
(c) Sergeant Toneless.
(d) Sergeant Beckles.

15. Why does Lala take the baby back from Adan in Chapter 6?
(a) She does not want Jacinthe to hold the baby.
(b) She is afraid the baby might throw up.
(c) She does not want Tone to hold the baby.
(d) She wants to see if the baby needs a change.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Adan hide before he knows who has come to visit them in Chapter 6?

2. What does Adan do sometimes on good days with Lala?

3. Who does Sergeant Beckles lust after?

4. Where does Lala keep some of her money she earned from braiding?

5. Where does Lala sit with Baby in her arms on the beach for a long while?

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