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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. Which of the following is the source for the notation describing the Shout In This Field We Must Die?
(a) Henrietta Lacks.
(b) Henrietta Davis.
(c) Benjamin Davis.
(d) Benjamin Lacks.

2. Which of the following does Maryse lose fighting the Ku Kluxers in Macon?
(a) Locket.
(b) Pocketwatch.
(c) Brooch.
(d) Necklace.

3. With whom does Chef take up at Frenchy’s?
(a) Janie.
(b) Ainsley.
(c) Bessie.
(d) Margie.

4. Of which of the following does Michael George speak to Maryse?
(a) Tabasco.
(b) Terlingua.
(c) Tulum.
(d) Tijuana.

5. Which of the following does Lester cite?
(a) Drusilla Houston.
(b) John Henrik Clarke.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of which of the following does Butcher Clyde sing?

2. Which of the following streets carries streetcars in the novel?

3. From which of the following does Michael George hail?

4. From where comes the whiskey Maryse, Chef, and Sadie find in Macon?

5. In what year was the Second Klan birthed in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the Second Klan birthed, per the novel?

2. Why does Chef prefer rats to lice?

3. Why does Nana Jean oppose killing Klan members, as opposed to Ku Kluxers?

4. For what purpose does the novel assert Birth of a Nation was made?

5. What purpose do the bottles on Nana Jean’s tree reportedly serve?

6. To what industry does Maryse ascribe Macon’s existence?

7. For what reason do Macon’s police and the Klan not get along?

8. How does Maryse know that the three Aunties are not human?

9. How does Butcher Clyde’s advertisement make clear that his is a Klan establishment?

10. Why does Sadie have to sit in the middle when she, Chef, and Maryse go hunting?

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