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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Sandy's school comes up during their discussion with Harriet?
(a) Annjee again discourages Sandy.
(b) Annjee again ignores the topic.
(c) Annjee again encourages Sandy.
(d) Annjee again teases Sandy.

2. While working at the hotel, how did Sandy encounter Harriet?
(a) Cleaning bedrooms.
(b) With a man she was probably hired to have sex with.
(c) Answering the telephone.
(d) Renting a room.

3. 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.

4. Why was it surprising to find Aunt Hager this way?
(a) She is never this happy.
(b) She cannot sing.
(c) She never cries.
(d) This was unheard of behavior for her.

5. Who was with Pansetta?
(a) James Lareby.
(b) Johnny Lemon.
(c) Jeremy Little.
(d) Jimmy Lane.

6. Why did Sandy want to get away from Tempy?
(a) She was very full of herself.
(b) She was verbally abusive.
(c) She was always stealing from him.
(d) He thought she was too tight.

7. What does Sandy's friend say about Pansetta?
(a) She was "as sweet as pie."
(b) She was "easy as hell."
(c) She was "as cold as ice."
(d) She was "not the sharpest knife in the drawer."

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

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

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

11. Sandy came down with what illness?
(a) The mumps.
(b) The measles.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) The flu.

12. What did Sandy find out?
(a) His Aunt Harriet was a world-famous artist.
(b) His Aunt Harriet was a famous Hollywood actress.
(c) His Aunt Harriet had become a somewhat famous blues singer in St. Louis.
(d) His Aunt Harriet had been arrested again.

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

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

15. Whose writings moved Sandy?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) Harriet Tubman.
(d) Those of W.E.B. du Bois.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harriet says that __________________, black people cannot let brains go to waste.

2. At the hotel, Sandy is largely responsible for what?

3. Tempy and Arkins believed that to get respect, one had to do what?

4. How did Sandy feel about Sandy walking home with other boys?

5. Buster made fun of Sandy for reading so much and dared him to come out and play pool rather than finishing up what book?

(see the answer keys)

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