2. Why does Marvin challenge Marvella in the train station?
(a) Marvin wants to go to the zoo tomorrow, not the next day.
(b) Marvin is tired of his mother flirting with the dreadlock man.
(c) Marvin does not believe her explanation of the train system.
(d) Marvin wants to know why they have to wait for the orange train when the blue one goes the same way.

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

4. Where did Lydia send her mother as 65th birthday present?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Florida.
(c) Ghana.
(d) Israel.

5. What is Jesse Mae wearing that causes a sensation among the women?
(a) Pants underneath her robe.
(b) A scandalously short dress.
(c) Gaudy high heels.
(d) Fur trim along her collar, sleeves, and the hem of her robe.

6. What makes Vivian pause to think how many days she had been on a diet?
(a) The breakfast Diane serves her children before she leaves with Vivian.
(b) The doughnuts in the choir room.
(c) The smell of coffee and bacon.
(d) The smell of baking bread as they drive by a bakery.

7. In "An Orange Line Train to Ballston", what part of the train system fascinates Marvin?
(a) Marvin is fascinated by the light that indicates the train's arrival.
(b) Marvin is fascinated by all the people.
(c) Marvin is fascinated by the advertisements the train passes on the way home.
(d) Marvin is fascinated by the way the trains move so fast.

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

9. How does the protagonist of "The Store" respond to the police officer who confronts him about jay-walking?
(a) The protagonist challenges the officer, arguing that the light was still green.
(b) The protagonist runs.
(c) The protagonist tells an ill-received joke.
(d) The protagonist respectfully apologizes.

10. How old is Marvin?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

11. In "Gospel", how old is Anita?
(a) 35.
(b) 32.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

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

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

14. What toy does Madeleine bring with her as Maddie drags the children out of the house?
(a) A tea cup.
(b) A teddy bear.
(c) A rattle.
(d) A doll.

15. Which of the couple's children could not forgive his decision to leave their mother?
(a) Their daughter.
(b) Both of the children.
(c) Neither of the children; both understood.
(d) Their son.