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

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

3. What does Mildred say to the woman when she runs into her on the street?
(a) "Thank you."
(b) "How dare you?"
(c) "It was you."
(d) "Nice to meet you."

4. In "The Store", how old was the protagonist when he decided to quit his first job?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 26.
(d) 19.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lydia send her mother as 65th birthday present?

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

3. Why is Marvella embarrassed to publicly scold her child?

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

5. Why does Marvin challenge Marvella in the train station?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Store", how does the protagonist begin his employment at the grocery store?

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

3. Explain how Santiago makes money.

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

5. Why does Marvella keep her children at the school in Northwest?

6. Explain why the judge tells Samuel Williams Sr.'s lawyer that he cannot defend a man who will not defend himself.

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

8. Why does Santiago's grandmother ban him from her house?

9. In "Gospel", describe Vivian L. Slater's Sunday morning ritual.

10. How does the protagonist of "The Store" garner promotion within the store?

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