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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maddie think the blood seeping out of Angie's body represents?
(a) The anger, hatred, and resentment of marriage.
(b) The end of her friend's life.
(c) The end of her brother's life.
(d) The loss of her innocence, joy, and kindness.

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

3. What did Lydia's mother say about the first boy Lydia had sex with?
(a) Lydia's mother said it seemed was only out for one thing.
(b) Lydia's mother said she wouldn't have him in her house.
(c) Lydia's mother noted his light skin.
(d) Lydia's mother said he seemed like a fine young man.

4. In "The Sunday Following Mother's Day", how old was Madeleine Walters when her father killed her mother?
(a) 4.
(b) 42.
(c) 5
(d) 14.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lydia ask of the nurse who calls to inform her of her mother's death?

2. What does the police officer force the protagonist to do as punishment for crossing the street illegally?

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

4. On which ring does Lydia pick up the telephone?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why Marvella scolds Avis at the opening of the story.

2. Discuss the way the dreadlock man responds to Marvella's children.

3. Discuss Lydia's desire to get "lost in the city" in order to deal with her grief at her mother's death.

4. Explain how Santiago makes money.

5. How do the Gospelteers respond to the fire at the church?

6. Describe Lydia's lifestyle in "Lost in the City".

7. Describe the first job the protagonist has in "The Store".

8. Discuss the significance of the title of "His Mother's House".

9. What does the protagonist of "The Store" do when Penny decides to sell the store?

10. Why was the protagonist of "The Store" initially hesitant to respond to the ad in the paper?

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