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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harriet says that __________________, black people cannot let brains go to waste.
(a) In a white man's world.
(b) With the intelligence found in the black community.
(c) In a world full of hatred and greed.
(d) With all the problems in the world.

2. 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 thought he could make something of himself but rejected the resources she offered him.
(d) She had grown used to his company.

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

4. When Sandy goes with his colored friends to the carnival, what happens?
(a) They can only go on certain rides.
(b) They cannot use their coupons.
(c) They cannot go on any rides.
(d) They are barred from going in.

5. In 'The Doors of Life' Sandy is a ___________ in high school.
(a) Senior.
(b) Sophomore.
(c) Freshman.
(d) Junior.

6. What did Sandy win?
(a) A spelling bee.
(b) A wrestling tournament.
(c) The freshman essay contest.
(d) A tennis match.

7. Why did the men believe the answer to number 155?
(a) Women want to do men harm.
(b) Women are inferior to men.
(c) Women cannot take care of themselves.
(d) The women could move up in social status.

8. Each night Sandy's mother would cry. Why?
(a) She had no money.
(b) She wanted a better life for her son.
(c) She had no news from Jimboy.
(d) She missed her mother.

9. How did Sandy feel about Sandy walking home with other boys?
(a) He was angry.
(b) He was jealous.
(c) He was perfectly content.
(d) He was sad.

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

11. Why does Hager not want Sandy to work at a hotel?
(a) Sandy will have to work late hours.
(b) Hotels do not pay well.
(c) She thinks that bad things go on at hotels.
(d) He is smarter than most people who work at hotels.

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

13. How do Sandy and his friends feel about how they are treated?
(a) Angry and outraged.
(b) Not surprised.
(c) Humiliated and hurt.
(d) Happy.

14. Sandy goes to work during the winter and overhears many stories and meets many people, learning to do what?
(a) Make jokes and shine shoes.
(b) Wash and cut hair.
(c) How to make friends.
(d) Check coats and talk to strangers.

15. Annjee and Sandy reached the "_________ belt" of the city.
(a) Poverty.
(b) White.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Sandy quits his job?

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

3. Afterwards, Sandy and Annjee do what?

4. Who was with Pansetta?

5. What is Hager's response to their treatment?

(see the answer keys)

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