2. What did Sandy do while he was sick?
(a) He wrote a novel.
(b) He started reading all of Tempy's books and magazines.
(c) He wrote poetry.
(d) He slept a lot.

3. 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.

4. When Sandy came home from work, how did he find Aunt Hager?
(a) Singing.
(b) Cleaning the kitchen.
(c) Lying down during the day.
(d) Crying.

5. Mr. Siles and Tempy warned Sandy to 'beware of women.' Why?
(a) Women are difficult to live with.
(b) Women love to trick men.
(c) All women are evil.
(d) Lower-class women would try to get him to get them pregnant so he would have to marry them.

6. Who did Sandy begin to think was the villain?
(a) Tempy.
(b) The men.
(c) His Aunt Harriet.
(d) Pansetta.

7. Eventually who came over?
(a) All kinds of people.
(b) Her white employers.
(c) Her doctor.
(d) Old black women.

8. How did Miss Jeanne die?
(a) From old age.
(b) She had a heart attack.
(c) From influenza.
(d) She walked off her balcony thinking her husband had come home.

9. Hager argues that while whites hate blacks and blacks hate whites, hatred makes what ugly?
(a) The soul.
(b) The country.
(c) The body.
(d) The family.

10. For how long did Sandy have this illness?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two months.

11. His journey to Chicago had excited him. How did Sandy feel about Chicago when he arrived?
(a) He found Chicago to be just as exciting as the old black men in Stanton had described to him.
(b) He found Chicago less glamorous than the old black men in Stanton had described to him.
(c) He found Chicago to be the worst place he had ever been.
(d) He found Chicago to be just like Stanton.

12. What happened to Jimboy's guitar?
(a) It was stolen.
(b) It is broken.
(c) It had to be sold.
(d) It was sold to buy a better guitar.

13. What is the first thing Tempy gives Sandy?
(a) A hot meal.
(b) A present.
(c) A hug.
(d) His own room and furniture.

14. On the way to Sandy's job, he was accosted by whom?
(a) A white man.
(b) A black man.
(c) A gay man.
(d) A thief.

15. Hager dies and a large funeral is held with Tempy's high-class friends and who else?
(a) The family.
(b) The neighbors.
(c) Harriett's friends from the Bottoms.
(d) Hager's friends.