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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. Who escorts Corrie back to town?
(a) Lucius
(b) Sam
(c) Boon
(d) Miss Reba

2. How can Lucius tell the difference between a bordello and a normal house?
(a) The number of lights
(b) The number of women outside
(c) The noise from inside
(d) The number of people walking through the door

3. How large is the gap between the carriage and the car?
(a) 25 feet
(b) 50 feet
(c) 10 feet
(d) 30 feet

4. What two characters arrive when Lucius wakes up?
(a) Sam and Boon
(b) Miss Reba and Mr. Binford
(c) Sam and Otis
(d) Otis and Corrie

5. Who sleeps with Lucius in the attic?
(a) Boon
(b) Otis
(c) Ned
(d) Minnie

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the policeman let the group pass?

2. What does Butch call Boon?

3. What is the name of the track's owner?

4. What had happened to Mr. Poleymus' wife the previous year?

5. What does the constable take away from Butch?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way has Lucius matured since the beginning of the novel?

2. Describe Otis.

3. What was Lightning form in previous races?

4. How did Otis and his aunt extort Miss Corrie?

5. How does Chapter 12 show the effects of sexual desire on an individual?

6. What information does Lycurgus give Lucius in Chapter 11?

7. In what way does the appearance of Grandfather give the story a sense of dread?

8. How did the constable react to the fight between Butch and Boon?

9. In what way does Boon show a lack of understanding for Corrie in Chapter 9?

10. In what way does Chapter 8 show the immense pride of the novel's black characters?

(see the answer keys)

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