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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession did Adelita come to America to pursue?
(a) She wanted to be a banker.
(b) She wanted to be a chef.
(c) She wanted to be a professor.
(d) She wanted to be a doctor.

2. How does the narrator describe the walker's relationship to "why" in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?
(a) "He would never tell them why."
(b) "He asked himself why a thousand times."
(c) "He didn't like the idea of why."
(d) "He thought why was too abstract."

3. Where did Solomon Soderberg attend law school?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Harvard University.

4. Who is the man that said he was grooming Tillie when she was thirteen?
(a) Mick.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Fine.
(d) TuKwik.

5. In what borough of New York does Adelita live?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Staten Island.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Brooklyn.

6. Who is revealed to be Ciaran's wife in Book 4, Chapter 12: "Roaring Seaward, And I Go"?
(a) Jazzlyn.
(b) Claire.
(c) Lara.
(d) Gloria.

7. Where is the dinner party where the walker tells all of the male guests he can guess their birthdate in Book 2, Chapter 8: "The Ringing Grooves of Change"?
(a) 1402 Park Avenue.
(b) 2593 East 73rd.
(c) 1040 Fifth Avenue.
(d) 1420 Broadway.

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

9. What were the names of Gloria's sons she lost in the Vietnam War?
(a) Jerome, Arthur, and Thomas.
(b) Andrew and Peter.
(c) William, Clyde, and James.
(d) Clarence, Brandon, and Jason.

10. Near what city did Adelita's husband die?
(a) New York City.
(b) Quetzaltenango.
(c) Fort Lauderdale.
(d) Mexico City.

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

12. Who was Tillie's first pimp in New York?
(a) Jigsaw.
(b) Puppy.
(c) Jackson.
(d) TuKrik.

13. What does Tillie describe as the "best stroll" she worked as a prostitute in Book 2, Chapter 7: "This is the House That Horse Built"?
(a) Harlem.
(b) 49th and Lexington.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) 12th and Broadway.

14. What is the name of Solomon Soderberg's son?
(a) James.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Joshua.
(d) Walter.

15. How many entries does Tillie describe on her rap sheet in Book 2, Chapter 7: "This is the House That Horse Built"?
(a) 29.
(b) 54.
(c) 38.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gloria say her father did for a living mostly when she was growing up?

2. Solomon Soderberg perceives New York as a city that is uninterested in what, according to the narrator in Book 3, Chapter 9: "Part of the Parts"?

3. Who is the "new daddy wiho was a famous player" that Tillie started hooking for after her first pimp?

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

5. To whom did Gloria's mother sell the slave exchange slip that belonged to her grandmother?

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