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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The story then flashes back _______ days when Sandy came home from work.
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.
2. Tempy sent Sandy to wire Annjee to let her know that Hager was sick. Why did the news not reach Annjee at this time?
(a) Hager died before Sandy could get a message wired to Annjee.
(b) Sandy forgot her address.
(c) She did not pick up her telegram.
(d) The address was no good.
3. Sandy is--somewhat unofficially--dating who?
(a) Pansetta.
(b) Poinsetta.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Polly.
4. What does Sandy's friend say about Pansetta?
(a) She was "as cold as ice."
(b) She was "not the sharpest knife in the drawer."
(c) She was "as sweet as pie."
(d) She was "easy as hell."
5. What did Sandy win?
(a) The freshman essay contest.
(b) A tennis match.
(c) A spelling bee.
(d) A wrestling tournament.
6. Why did the men believe the answer to number 155?
(a) Women are inferior to men.
(b) Women cannot take care of themselves.
(c) The women could move up in social status.
(d) Women want to do men harm.
7. Mr. Siles and Tempy warned Sandy to 'beware of women.' Why?
(a) All women are evil.
(b) Lower-class women would try to get him to get them pregnant so he would have to marry them.
(c) Women love to trick men.
(d) Women are difficult to live with.
8. Why was Tempy sad to see Sandy go?
(a) She would be lonely without him.
(b) He was a big help around the house.
(c) She thought he could make something of himself but rejected the resources she offered him.
(d) She had grown used to his company.
9. Each night Sandy's mother would cry. Why?
(a) She wanted a better life for her son.
(b) She had no news from Jimboy.
(c) She missed her mother.
(d) She had no money.
10. Sandy is glad to get away from Tempy, as she was visiting what?
(a) A Midwest Colored Women's Club.
(b) A museum.
(c) A friend in a nursing home.
(d) A suffrage meeting.
11. Why does Hager not want Sandy to work at a hotel?
(a) He is smarter than most people who work at hotels.
(b) Sandy will have to work late hours.
(c) Hotels do not pay well.
(d) She thinks that bad things go on at hotels.
12. What job is Sandy offered?
(a) Working as a shampoo boy at a barber-shop.
(b) Working as a taxi driver.
(c) Working as a bellhop's assistant at Drummer's hotel.
(d) Working as a shoe-shine boy at Drummer's hotel.
13. While working at the hotel, how did Sandy encounter Harriet?
(a) Answering the telephone.
(b) Renting a room.
(c) Cleaning bedrooms.
(d) With a man she was probably hired to have sex with.
14. His journey to Chicago had excited him. How did Sandy feel about Chicago when he arrived?
(a) He found Chicago to be the worst place he had ever been.
(b) He found Chicago to be just like Stanton.
(c) He found Chicago less glamorous than the old black men in Stanton had described to him.
(d) He found Chicago to be just as exciting as the old black men in Stanton had described to him.
15. When Sandy goes with his colored friends to the carnival, what happens?
(a) They are barred from going in.
(b) They can only go on certain rides.
(c) They cannot use their coupons.
(d) They cannot go on any rides.
Short Answer Questions
1. Whose writings moved Sandy?
2. Who did Sandy begin to think was the villain?
3. Why did Hager stay with Miss Jeanne?
4. When Hager grew up, the plantation owner, Mr. Jeanne, left for what and died?
5. They received a note from Annjee saying that she and Jimboy had moved where and both had jobs?
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