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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Vivian's youngest child?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Mary.
(c) Esther.
(d) Chloe.

2. Who is going to make Ruth's wedding cake?
(a) Henry.
(b) Lena.
(c) Gerry.
(d) Vivian.

3. What does the police officer tell Vivian in Part II?
(a) She is a hard worker.
(b) She is beautiful.
(c) She is ugly.
(d) She is not like the "rest of her people."

4. What does Horace say he has heard about the future of the Fillmore neighborhood?
(a) It is very wealthy.
(b) It is going to be an epicenter for new music.
(c) It is set for major redevelopment.
(d) It is going to be a hotbed for disease.

5. What do The Salvations do at the after-parties?
(a) Sing.
(b) Tell fortunes.
(c) Read to audiences.
(d) Do fashion consultants.

6. What does Vivian say she had considered naming Ruth at first?
(a) Jane.
(b) Etta.
(c) Ella.
(d) Eartha.

7. Why is Esther happy Ruth might be out of the group soon?
(a) She wants to move away.
(b) She wants to take Ruth's place as the group's leader.
(c) She wants to have her own baby.
(d) She wants to leave the group too.

8. What does Chloe's family know her for?
(a) Her dark moods.
(b) Her optimism.
(c) Her temper.
(d) Her inability to remember things.

9. What does Esther tease Ruth about in Part II that Ruth is sensitive about?
(a) Ruth's blemished skin.
(b) Ruth's inability to apply makeup.
(c) Ruth's scratchy voice.
(d) Ruth's recent weight gain.

10. What does Vivian ask Ruth to reach deep inside herself and find?
(a) Her kindness.
(b) Her suspicion.
(c) Her anger.
(d) Her own ambition.

11. What does Ruth begin to feel for the first time about her choice to leave singing in the end of Part II?
(a) Doubt.
(b) Anger.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Happiness.

12. Who performed at the Champagne Supper Club the month earlier who Vivian knows is a big star?
(a) River Hendries.
(b) Etta James.
(c) Ella Fitzgerald.
(d) Eartha Kitt.

13. Who does Mr. Franklin say he thinks is the best singer in the group?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Jane.
(c) Esther.
(d) Chloe.

14. Who is Gerry's mother?
(a) Janet.
(b) Rochelle.
(c) Mary.
(d) Michaela.

15. What news does Ruth keep from her mother for a while?
(a) That she is sick.
(b) That she is dropping out of school.
(c) That she is pregnant.
(d) That she is moving to another state.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth hum at breakfast that Esther chides her for?

2. Where do The Salvations practice regularly?

3. How many children does Vivian have?

4. Who kills Vivian's father?

5. What good news does Gerry have for Ruth in Part I?

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