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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 doesn't Lauren's stepmother see when she is a girl?
(a) Stars.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The moon.
(d) City lights.

2. What does Keith bring back for his brothers Bennett and Gregory?
(a) Water.
(b) Money.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Clothes.

3. How old is Lauren on her birthday?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 20.

4. Who wins the Presidential election?
(a) Smith.
(b) Sims.
(c) Donner.
(d) Hsu.

5. In Lauren's dream, what does she do when her stepmother isn't watching?
(a) She steals some money.
(b) She eats a piece of fruit.
(c) She falls into the basket of clothes.
(d) She cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of books is Lauren reading?

2. What does Lauren decide to call her belief system?

3. How are Wardell Parrish and Rosalee Payne related?

4. What disease is running rampant in southern Mississippi and Louisiana?

5. Who is Lauren's boyfriend?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lauren's dream.

2. Why doesn't the emergency bell ring when the neighborhood is attacked?

3. Why does Lauren say that Zahra is useful?

4. Why does Lauren think the community that is burning is attacked?

5. Why doesn't Zahra and Lauren like each other back in the neighborhood?

6. What does Lauren think is the purpose of prayer?

7. Why does Lauren's father stay at the university overnight?

8. Why is it dangerous for Bankole's brother-in-law to do odd jobs for cash?

9. Why is Lauren convinced that her father is dead?

10. What is the difference between Lauren's and Joanne's bedrooms?

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