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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which one of the following is not something that Bernice's mother says will be in F. Jasmin's future?
(a) Suitcase.
(b) Trains.
(c) Roads.
(d) Money.

2. How does F. Jasmin knock the solider out?
(a) She hits him over the head with a lead pipe.
(b) She breaks a glass water pitcher over his head.
(c) She hits him over the head with a water basin.
(d) She hits him in the head with a baseball bat.

3. Which one of Bernice's husbands was an alcoholic?
(a) Her fourth husband.
(b) Her first husband.
(c) Her third husband.
(d) Her second husband.

4. According to F. Jasmin, what did all of the people that she knew who had been locked up in the jail have in common?
(a) They were all men.
(b) They were all women.
(c) They were all white,
(d) They were all colored.

5. What was John Henry doing when F. Jamsin eventually arrives home from her date?
(a) Gazing at the stars.
(b) Playing cards with Bernice.
(c) Eating leftovers from dinner.
(d) Looking at bats around the street lights.

6. When did Ludie die?
(a) The very month and year that Frankie was born.
(b) The very month and year that John Henry was born.
(c) The very month and year that Bernice met her next husband.
(d) The very month and year that Frankie's mother knew she was pregnant.

7. What did the streets in the middle of the town remind F. Jasmin of?
(a) A dance party.
(b) A war zone.
(c) A Mexican fiesta.
(d) A carnival fair.

8. Which character says, "Gray eyes is glass"?
(a) Mr. Addams.
(b) John Henry.
(c) F. Jasmin.
(d) Bernice.

9. Which one of Bernice's husbands became a mental patient just weeks after they married?
(a) Her fourth husband.
(b) Her second husband.
(c) Her first husband.
(d) Her third husband.

10. What does Bernice ask F. Jasmin to do in order to change the subject?
(a) Tell about Uncle Charles.
(b) Model her dress for the wedding.
(c) Tell about her date with the solider.
(d) Teach her how to make a biscuit man.

11. What Bible verse does Bernice reference while speaking with F. Jasmin about the wedding?
(a) Cain and Able.
(b) David and Goliath.
(c) Adam and Eve.
(d) Noah and the Ark.

12. After telling F. Jasmin about her four marriages, what does Bernice warn F. Jasmin of?
(a) Dating a solider.
(b) Choosing the wedding as her first love.
(c) Marrying a lot of men.
(d) Running away from home.

13. What food is not at F. Jasmin's last dinner with Bernice and John Henry?
(a) Hot baked sweet potatoes.
(b) Fried fresh-water trout.
(c) Corn bread.
(d) Buttermilk.

14. What street does Bernice live on?
(a) Goldberry.
(b) Marigold.
(c) Perennial.
(d) Chinaberry.

15. When F. Jasmin returns home from her date, how does her father take the question that she asks?
(a) Her father does not take her question seriously.
(b) Her father does not know how to take her question.
(c) Her father takes her question seriously.
(d) Her father does not listen to her question.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was coming to visit Bernice on the night that F. Jasmin was at her home?

2. How does F. Jasmin escape the solider?

3. What time is it when Frankie arrives at Bernice's home?

4. While on her date with the solider, what time does the soldier tell F. Jasmin that the band starts to play?

5. While talking to John Henry after her date, what does Frankie eat to get the disgust in her mouth to go away?

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