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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Sergeant Beckles' relationship with the Queen of Sheba like at first?
(a) Antagonistic.
(b) Symbiotic.
(c) Indifferent on both sides.
(d) Mutually affectionate.

2. What does Tone call his mother?
(a) Ma Primus.
(b) Ma Petra.
(c) Ma Parrish.
(d) Ma Tone.

3. What is Lala doing when Sergeant Beckles asks her more questions about Baby in Chapter 20?
(a) Sitting in the squad car.
(b) Braiding hair.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Gardening.

4. Who is Wilma's employer?
(a) Mrs. Grayson.
(b) Mrs. Whalen.
(c) Mrs. Kennedy.
(d) Mr. Reeds.

5. How does Esme die?
(a) She is killed by a man with a cutlass.
(b) She is hit by a car.
(c) She is shot.
(d) She is poisoned.

6. What does Lala take to work with Wilma with her sometimes?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Books.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A mannequin head to practice braiding on.

7. How long does Tone go to jail for in Chapter 23?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 years.

8. Where are the drugs Adan is proposing trafficking coming from?
(a) Vincy.
(b) Hartford.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Venice.

9. Who does Sergeant Beckles see lurking behind Adan's house in Chapter 16?
(a) Carson.
(b) Esme.
(c) Wilma.
(d) Tone.

10. Who does Mira confess some details about her feelings about her affair to?
(a) Adan.
(b) Grayson.
(c) Rosa's husband.
(d) Tone.

11. Who does Lala approach on the beach after Adan beats her in Chapter 18?
(a) Tone.
(b) Wilma.
(c) Sergeant Beckles.
(d) Grayson and Mira.

12. Who does Esme eventually marry?
(a) Grayson.
(b) Carson.
(c) Henry.
(d) Rainford.

13. What does Adan wear when he robs Dr. Thompson?
(a) A stocking on his face.
(b) A bag over his head.
(c) A hockey mask.
(d) A Ronald Reagan mask.

14. What does Tone prefer to his gardening job?
(a) Surfing.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Sailing.
(d) Cooking.

15. What does Lala know that some people lie about in abusive relationships?
(a) The circumstances of their marriages.
(b) The first slap.
(c) The way their partners feel about them.
(d) The way they think they will leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who kills Esme?

2. Who rejects Tone the day he gets out of jail?

3. What does Adan take from Dr. Thompson's daughter in Chapter 13?

4. What gnaws at Tone even after he is punished for beating others?

5. What is the name of Grayson's dog?

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