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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jaslyn check into a hotel while in New York in Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go"?
(a) The Four Seasons.
(b) The Oriental Hotel.
(c) The Waldorf Astoria.
(d) The St. Regis Hotel.

2. How old was Tillie when she first put on lipstick?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

3. What is the name of Solomon Soderberg's wife?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Gloria.
(c) Claire.
(d) Sarah.

4. In what war did Gloria lose two brothers?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

5. Whose is the first case that Judge Soderberg hears after lunch in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?
(a) Gloria and Claire's case.
(b) Corrigan and Ciaran's case.
(c) The tightrope walker's case.
(d) Tillie and Jazzlyn's case.

6. Where did Adelita first get an apartment when she moved to New York?
(a) Queens.
(b) The Upper East Side.
(c) The Upper West Side.
(d) Greenwich Village.

7. How many brothers did Gloria have growing up?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

8. How many times does Gloria say she's been mugged in New York over the years in Book 3, Chapter 11: "All Hail and Hallelujah"?
(a) 5 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 10 times.
(d) 7 times.

9. To whom did Gloria's mother sell the slave exchange slip that belonged to her grandmother?
(a) A wealthy doctor.
(b) An Englishman.
(c) A Yale professor.
(d) A museum curator.

10. Where did Gloria grow up?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Arkansas.

11. For how long does Adelita say Tillie was sent away for in Book 3, Chapter 10: "Centavos"?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 2 months.
(d) 8 months.

12. Where does the narrator describe "the fields of long grass around the shrinking meadow" in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?
(a) Montana.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Missouri.

13. Who is the "new daddy wiho was a famous player" that Tillie started hooking for after her first pimp?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Jigsaw.
(c) Fine.
(d) TuKwik.

14. Where is Pino from?
(a) Indonesia.
(b) Portugal.
(c) France.
(d) Genoa.

15. What is the feeling the walker feels immediately after exiting the tightrope in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Terrified.
(c) Grief-stricken.
(d) Thirsty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What professionals fill the restaurant that Solomon regularly lunches at in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?

2. What is Adelita's profession?

3. Where does Jaslyn recall going to locate Ciaran in Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go"?

4. Where is Gloria when she is mugged in Book 3, Chapter 11: "All Hail and Hallelujah"?

5. What imagery is employed in the conclusion of Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?

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