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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many members does Holy Tabernacle AME Zion have?
(a) 500.
(b) 300.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 1,000.

2. In "Lost in the City", what time is it when the telephone rings in Lydia Walsh's house?
(a) 4:00pm.
(b) 3:00am.
(c) 11:00pm.
(d) 6:00am.

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

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

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

6. How many members does the House of the Solitary Savior have?
(a) 1,000.
(b) No more than 50.
(c) 100.
(d) 200.

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

8. After Humphrey falls asleep on the couch, what falls out of his pocket?
(a) Paperwork for a new job.
(b) A gun.
(c) A few tiny, clear packets.
(d) More money.

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

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

11. 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 smell of coffee and bacon.
(c) The doughnuts in the choir room.
(d) The smell of baking bread as they drive by a bakery.

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

13. In "The Store", where is the protagonist when he realizes he has left some of his personal belongings at the job he just quit?
(a) On New York Ave.
(b) On 5th Street.
(c) On K Street.
(d) On 7th Street.

14. How old is Avis?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Santiago at the beginning of the story?

2. What does Avis ask the dreadlock man when she first sees him?

3. In "The Store", how old was the protagonist when he decided to quit his first job?

4. What station does Vivian switch the radio to?

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

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