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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Harriett appears on stage, what does she do?
(a) She panics.
(b) She blows the crowd away.
(c) She tells jokes.
(d) She is booed off the stage.

2. Sandy receives a note from his mother saying that she and Jimboy are ___________.
(a) In need of money.
(b) Coming home.
(c) Doing well.
(d) Want him to come live with them.

3. Sandy receives word from Annjee that she finally has the money for what?
(a) HIs education.
(b) Bus fare home.
(c) His fare to Chicago.
(d) Buying a new home.

4. Harriet reminds Annjee of whose great dreams for Sandy?
(a) Jimboy's.
(b) Tempy's.
(c) Aunt Hager's.
(d) Sister Johnson's.

5. Why is Harriet supposed to come home?
(a) Hager is very sick.
(b) The red-light district is no place for her.
(c) She said she would come home.
(d) It is late.

6. Sandy decided for himself that he would be like ______________________ and get his education despite being impoverished.
(a) Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. du Bois.
(b) Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.
(c) W.E.B. du Bois and Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington.

7. Sandy saw Sister Johnson again and enjoyed listening to her talk about what?
(a) The people he had grown up with.
(b) Her children.
(c) Sandy's family.
(d) Her neighbors.

8. At the hotel, Sandy is largely responsible for what?
(a) Cleaning the bathrooms and hallways.
(b) Hanging up coats and organizing cleaning supplies.
(c) Shoe shines and keeping the five hotel spittoons clean.
(d) Greeting the guests and answering their questions.

9. Why does Annjee say she needs Sandy's help?
(a) Since she misses him.
(b) Since Jimboy was gone.
(c) Since she is very busy at work.
(d) Since she became ill.

10. What did Tempy call Sandy?
(a) John.
(b) James.
(c) Jeremy.
(d) Jarrod.

11. What had Tempy's employer left her as a token of her appreciation?
(a) A job.
(b) A business.
(c) A car.
(d) A home.

12. Tempy had worked for a progressive white women fighting for what?
(a) Organizations against animal cruelty.
(b) Equal rights for all races.
(c) Peace in the Middle East.
(d) Women's suffrage.

13. The story then flashes back _______ days when Sandy came home from work.
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

14. Why was Tempy sad to see Sandy go?
(a) He was a big help around the house.
(b) She would be lonely without him.
(c) She had grown used to his company.
(d) She thought he could make something of himself but rejected the resources she offered him.

15. With whom does Sandy spend a lot of time?
(a) Jimboy.
(b) Hager.
(c) Harriet.
(d) Sister Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 'The Doors of Life' Sandy is a ___________ in high school.

2. On the way to Sandy's job, he was accosted by whom?

3. Why was it surprising to find Aunt Hager this way?

4. In "Note to Harriett", Sandy is traveling to _____________ or the red-light district of Stanton.

5. Hager dies and a large funeral is held with Tempy's high-class friends and who else?

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