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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 does Horace do that makes Esther laugh after the movies in Part III?
(a) Tries to kiss her.
(b) Buys her a book.
(c) Cooks for her.
(d) Dances with her.

2. What does Ruth name her baby?
(a) Denise.
(b) Hettie.
(c) Henry.
(d) Jane.

3. Who helps Ruth with the baby most days?
(a) Helen.
(b) Henry.
(c) Vivian.
(d) Mary.

4. When does Esther begin to write songs of her own?
(a) When she is 10.
(b) At the start of her involvement in the protest movement against the Fillmore's redeveopment.
(c) When she is injured.
(d) When Vivian tells her she is talented at it.

5. What does Vivian say to Esther about her protest movement work after talking with Preacher Thomas?
(a) Vivian forbids Esther doing protests.
(b) Vivian wants to make dinner for all the protestors.
(c) Vivian does not like Horace.
(d) Vivian will not stand in her way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Chloe nervous about Tony and his boyfriend on their double-date?

2. Who comes into the bookstore for the first time in Part III?

3. What do Vivian and Preacher Thomas do for the first time in Part IV?

4. What work does Ruth do?

5. What are Esther's eating habits like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do James and Chloe do in front of Chloe's house that she knows is dangerous?

2. What does Ruth tell Esther when she comes to the house to check on Esther in Part IV?

3. What does Esther realize she has a particular talent for in Part IV?

4. What does Chloe help Tony do most Friday nights to help him make money?

5. What is Ruth's wedding like?

6. What is one reason Esther pulls out of the Dunbar audition with Chloe?

7. What does Vivian tell Esther to do when she and Chloe get back from the Dunbar audition?

8. What does Vivian invite Preacher to her house to do in Part III?

9. In Part IV, what does Ruth do that Mary catches her at?

10. How does Ruth feel after having her baby and giving up singing?

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