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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who is the first member Vivian recruited in forming her Gospelteers?
(a) Diane McCollough.
(b) Cherry McCollough.
(c) Maude Townshend.
(d) Sister Slater.

3. How many pages is the trial manuscript?
(a) 34.
(b) 52.
(c) 20.
(d) 87.

4. What does Lydia ask of the nurse who calls to inform her of her mother's death?
(a) Lydia asks when her mother passed.
(b) Lydia asks that they simply send her body to the funeral home.
(c) Lydia asks that they not put the sheet over her face until she has seen her first.
(d) Lydia asks how this has happened.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics the protagonist of "The Store" lists about himself in regard to his service at his first job?
(a) Always volunteering.
(b) Acceptable productivity.
(c) Always on time.
(d) Never talked back.

6. How long have Joyce and Rickey been married?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 9 years.

7. On which ring does Lydia pick up the telephone?
(a) The 15th.
(b) The 3rd.
(c) The 10th.
(d) The 5th.

8. Where is Jack Lawrence originally from?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Brooklyn Heights.
(d) Boston.

9. In "The Store", how long had the protagonist been out of work before he responded to the ad in the newspaper?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 3-4 months.

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

11. How does the protagonist of "The Store" get by day-to-day without a job?
(a) He lives with his girlfriend.
(b) He lives with his mother.
(c) He finds food and shelter around dumpsters.
(d) He steals necessary items from local stores.

12. Which odd behavior does Marvella's younger son Marcus exhibit?
(a) Marcus taps his left foot at all times.
(b) Marcus talks to himself.
(c) Marcus stares for long periods of time.
(d) Marcus ties and unties his shoes.

13. Why does Humphrey show up at the new house?
(a) To apologize for last night's fight.
(b) To beg Santiago for money.
(c) To leave money for Santiago.
(d) To threaten Santiago.

14. In "A Butterfly on F Street", how long had Mildred Harper been married to Mansfield Harper?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 27 years.
(c) 35 years.
(d) 17 years.

15. How much older than Vivian is her husband, Ralph?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 7 days.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 2 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had Lydia been dreaming of when the phone rang?

2. What makes Vivian pause to think how many days she had been on a diet?

3. What does Joyce drink after speaking with Pearl?

4. In "The Sunday Following Mother's Day", how old was Madeleine Walters when her father killed her mother?

5. On what day does Lydia's mother die?

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