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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago did Mansfield's mistress return his belongings to his family?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 7 weeks.

2. What is Mildred following through the city?
(a) A map to her friend's house.
(b) A series of directions given to her by her son.
(c) A taxi cab.
(d) A yellow butterfly.

3. Where does Mildred want to go during the conversation with the woman?
(a) Home.
(b) The corner store.
(c) Church.
(d) Woolworth's.

4. Why is Marvella embarrassed to publicly scold her child?
(a) There are white people around.
(b) The dreadlock man shakes his head in disgust.
(c) Marvella does not like handling matters in public.
(d) Marvin did not really do anything wrong.

5. What does Samuel Sr. say to his sister after he kills Angie?
(a) "I didn't do it".
(b) "Angie's dead".
(c) "The gun went off".
(d) "I stabbed her a lot".

6. What does Marcus call the dreadlock man?
(a) Natty Dreadlock.
(b) Dreadlock man.
(c) Sir.
(d) The man with the snake hair.

7. What school does Lonney attend part-time?
(a) Howard.
(b) American.
(c) D.C. Technical College.
(d) University of Virginia.

8. In "Gospel", what is the only constant in Vivian Slater's life?
(a) Her attendance at church.
(b) The Gospelteers.
(c) A Sunday morning bath.
(d) Her Sunday morning performances.

9. What does Avis ask the dreadlock man when she first sees him?
(a) Avis asks where he is from.
(b) Avis asks if she can sit next to him.
(c) Avis asks if he has a comb or brush.
(d) Avis asks if he thinks her mother is pretty.

10. In "His Mother's House", what is one of the few things Santiago Moses's mother brings with her when she moves into the house Santiago bought for her?
(a) The teacup her mother gave her.
(b) The coffee table.
(c) The love seat.
(d) The single family portrait.

11. What was Angie holding in her hand at the time of her death?
(a) A hairbrush.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The knife.
(d) A credit card.

12. What is the name of the judge who sentences Samuel Sr.?
(a) Judge John Tellingford.
(b) Judge William McKenna.
(c) Judge Franklin Rogers.
(d) Judge Robert Jones.

13. What time does Santiago call home?
(a) 10pm.
(b) 2am.
(c) 12am.
(d) 1am.

14. How old is Pookie when he decides not to visit his father anymore?
(a) 19.
(b) 15.
(c) 17.
(d) 13.

15. In "The Store", how long has Atlas Printing Co. been in business?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 75 years.
(c) 150 years.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which odd behavior does Marvella's younger son Marcus exhibit?

2. Which of the couple's children could not forgive his decision to leave their mother?

3. What does Mildred notice as she speaks to the woman?

4. What does Mildred say to the woman when she runs into her on the street?

5. In "The Store", why does the protagonist's father have to quit his job?

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