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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 kind of vehicle catches Ed's eye when he stops to see a crowd?
(a) A black Mercedes.
(b) A green Jeep.
(c) A red Maserati.
(d) A white stretch limousine.

2. What does Ed do after spending some time with the music star?
(a) Stays for the star's performance.
(b) Goes to meet his brother to go to a Broadway show.
(c) Goes home to Alabama.
(d) Goes to meet his daughter for dinner.

3. Where was Jacson from originally?
(a) Rio de Janeiro.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Mexico City.

4. Who recommends a place to eat to Ed on his trip?
(a) His son Malcolm.
(b) His mother Edith.
(c) His daughter Sally.
(d) His friend Dr. Streeter.

5. Who calls Lazarus at the very end of Ain't No Sunshine?
(a) Aunt Minne.
(b) Aunt Frannie.
(c) Aunt Fannie.
(d) Aunt Tensy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Inez Cross Chasten decide not to ever tell her husband about Hughes's offer to work for him?

2. What do Cicero and Tony drink together after Tony fixes Cicero's car?

3. What university did the narrator of The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks quit in order to pursue a career in the culinary arts?

4. Why is Ed in the new city in the story When We All Get to Heaven?

5. Who flanks the music star into the building amid the cheering crowd, which Ed witnesses?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lazarus Barden II having problems with his Aunt Tensy in the story Ain't No Sunshine?

2. Why does Howard Hughes buy Bradham's motel in Tim's Creek?

3. In the story I Thought I Heard the Shuffle of Angels' Feet, what brings Cicero and Tony together again after many years?

4. Why does Lazarus Barden II beat J.C. Stokes in the story Ain't No Sunshine?

5. Why does Howard Hughes ask Inez Cross Chasten to work for him in the story titled The Eternal Glory That Is Ham Hocks?

6. Why does Ed Phelps go along with Idol's deception and story in When We All Get to Heaven?

7. What does a man in the street in New York City hand Ed that puts Ed off in the story When We All Get to Heaven?

8. What does Lazarus compare his Aunt Tensy's interactions with her family to?

9. How does Lazarus start to feel after beginning to beat J.C. Stokes?

10. What does Francesca assume Idol's antics with Ed are all about in the story When We All Get to Heaven?

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