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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Sandy's friend think about Sandy's relationship with Pansetta?
(a) That he did not know Pansetta well.
(b) That he had never dated her.
(c) That she had dated other boys at the same time.
(d) That he had "had" her.

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

4. In "Note to Harriett", Sandy is traveling to _____________ or the red-light district of Stanton.
(a) The Bottoms.
(b) The dark corner.
(c) The Lowlands.
(d) The Shadows.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Tempy call Sandy?

3. Why was Tempy sad to see Sandy go?

4. Each night Sandy's mother would cry. Why?

5. Hager was eulogized in the newspaper as how?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Harriett grown up? How is this revealed in what she says to Sandy and Annjee?

2. Was Sandy's first view of Chicago what he expected? Should he have expected this? Why or why not?

3. What does Hager have to say about the soul and the world?

4. Why does Tempy help out with the war effort?

5. How does Hager react to the unfair treatment of Sandy and his friends? Do you agree? Why or why not?

6. How does Sandy come to the decision to get his education? How does this change his mind?

7. How did reading affect Sandy? Is this good? Why or why not?

8. How has Harriett changed since she left home for the last time?

9. Why does Sandy want to move to Chicago?

10. How is Sandy's hotel job, as mentioned in "Hey, Boy!" bad?

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