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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Martha say she's been doing since Herald picked up Zonia at her mother's?
(a) looking for God
(b) living with another man
(c) trying to be happy alone
(d) looking for Herald and Zonia

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

3. What does Martha say Loomis needs?
(a) religion
(b) a song
(c) a woman
(d) forgiveness

4. Who did Reuben see out in the yard the previous night?
(a) Bynum
(b) Mattie
(c) Seth
(d) Loomis

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

6. Why does Seth say Bynum is singing?
(a) to annoy him
(b) to be obnoxious
(c) because he's nuts
(d) to distract him

7. What does Seth remind Loomis of?
(a) what day it is
(b) what time it is
(c) how much breakfast he's eaten
(d) where his daughter is

8. Who does he say made up the song?
(a) children
(b) men
(c) women
(d) a bartender

9. What does Bertha recommend to Loomis?
(a) a school for Zonia
(b) a man who might be able to find his wife
(c) another boardinghouse
(d) a farm she knows is hiring

10. Who does Loomis say he's finding his wife for?
(a) Zonia
(b) himself
(c) Joe Turner
(d) God

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

12. What does Reuben say Zonia looks like?
(a) a bird
(b) a spider
(c) a dog
(d) a horse

13. What does Mattie say no man wants?
(a) a woman with no sense of humor
(b) a woman with a troubled mind
(c) a woman with a checkered past
(d) a woman with a loud voice

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

15. What does Seth say when Bertha asks why he is late?
(a) He says he was on Logan Street talking with some men.
(b) He says he was checking up on Herald Loomis.
(c) He says he was at the church asking about Martha.
(d) He says he was out looking for workers to make pots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Martha move up North?

2. Who was Joe Turner's brother?

3. Who taught Seth to make pots and pans?

4. What is Molly's attitude toward men?

5. What does Bynum say he used to do?

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