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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Bertha say Mattie will find what she's looking for?
(a) when she starts looking for it
(b) wher she learns to tell right from wrong
(c) when she takes Bertha's advice
(d) when it looks like she'll never find it

2. What does Loomis say he's been watching Mattie do?
(a) use her hands
(b) talk with Bertha
(c) watch him
(d) move

3. What does Seth threaten to kick Loomis out if he does?
(a) continue acting strangely
(b) become noisy
(c) be impolite to Bertha
(d) cause a disturbance

4. Who does Loomis cut with his knife?
(a) Martha
(b) Bynum
(c) himself
(d) Seth

5. How long was Loomis kept by Joe Turner?
(a) thirteen years
(b) seven years
(c) three years
(d) ten years

6. What does Bynum say he used to do?
(a) pick cotton
(b) pick apples
(c) pick tobacco
(d) pick oranges

7. Who does Bynum say he bound?
(a) Loomis to his wife
(b) Zonia to her mother
(c) Bertha to Seth
(d) Jeremy to Molly

8. What is Molly's attitude toward men?
(a) She loves everything about men.
(b) She doesn't trust them.
(c) She hates all men.
(d) She knows there is one true man for her.

9. What does Bertha say Loomis needs?
(a) someone to keep him in line
(b) someone to make him laugh
(c) someone to feed him
(d) someone to watch over him

10. When does Bertha say is the only time Seth is satisfied?
(a) when he's sleeping
(b) when he's making pots and pans
(c) when he's complaining
(d) when he's eating

11. Zonia asks Reuben what something feels like. What does she ask about?
(a) having a home
(b) having a best friend
(c) being kissed
(d) being dead

12. What does Zonia suggest the ghost might have been?
(a) an animal
(b) a hallucination
(c) an angel
(d) a demon

13. How long ago does Bynum say he learned the song?
(a) fifteen years ago
(b) ten years ago
(c) four years ago
(d) six months ago

14. What does Loomis say he's forgotten?
(a) how to touch
(b) how to forget
(c) who to love
(d) how to forgive

15. How does Loomis react to Bynum's singing?
(a) He doesn't like it.
(b) He starts singing along.
(c) He wants to hear more.
(d) He sings a different song, louder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martha say she's been doing since Herald picked up Zonia at her mother's?

2. Why does Bynum tell Loomis that he's singing?

3. What does Seth remind Loomis of?

4. Where does Seth say he was born?

5. What does Reuben suggest might have happened to Zonia's mother?

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