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

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. When Hager grew up, the plantation owner, Mr. Jeanne, left for what and died?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Spanish American War.
(c) The War of 1812.
(d) The Civil War.

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

5. When Sandy asked himself whether a black person should simply endure oppression and wait for heaven like Aunt Hager did, what was his response?
(a) Sandy decided he wanted to wait for heaven.
(b) Sandy was still not sure.
(c) Sandy decided he wanted to endure only some oppression.
(d) Sandy decided that he wanted to live.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Hager stay with Miss Jeanne?

2. What had Tempy's employer left her as a token of her appreciation?

3. Sandy was wondering more and more about sex and Tempy had given him a book about it called ______________ written by a white Presbyterian Minister from New England.

4. What happens when Sandy's school comes up during their discussion with Harriet?

5. In 'Beware of Women' Tempy complains that Sandy is doing what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Hager's funeral.

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

6. Why is Sandy to avoid lower-class women?

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

8. Should Sandy have dumped Pansetta?

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

10. What was the worst incident Sandy had to deal with at the hotel?

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