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

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

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

4. Afterwards, Sandy and Annjee do what?
(a) Head home.
(b) Go to Harriett's dressing room.
(c) Meet Harriet in a local pub.
(d) Go out for dinner with Harriet.

5. Why does Sandy go to the red-light district?
(a) He is lost.
(b) To find his friends.
(c) To find Harriet and give her a message.
(d) To learn about sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. One day, Mr. Logan recommends that he get a job where?

2. Sandy saw Sister Johnson again and enjoyed listening to her talk about what?

3. Who did Sandy begin to think was the villain?

4. When Sandy came home from work, how did he find Aunt Hager?

5. Why does Hager not want Sandy to work at a hotel?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Children's Day," how does inequality even affect African American children?

2. Describe Hager's funeral.

3. What has happened to Hager in "Note to Harriett?" Why might the title be named after the note sent to Harriett?

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

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

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

7. What is the first major event in "Ten Dollars and Costs?" How might this be both a good and bad job?

8. How is the title, "The Doors of Life," significant?

9. What did Tempy and Arkins think of their low-class backgrounds? Should they feel this way? Why or why not?

10. How does Sandy feel about what Aunt Hager had taught him? Why does he feel this way?

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