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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first woman to deliver a 'colored baby' at Mercy Hospital?
(a) Ruth Foster
(b) Reba
(c) Hagar
(d) Pilate

2. What is another name for the hospital in the story?
(a) No Blacks Allowed
(b) No Mercy Hospital
(c) Far From Helpful Hospital
(d) No Name Hospital

3. Who is trying to fly at the start of the novel?
(a) Milkman
(b) Macon
(c) Robert Smith
(d) Solomon

4. Who does Macon talk about in order to distract Milkman from his other questions?
(a) Ruth
(b) The First Macon Dead
(c) Gold
(d) Guitar

5. Where is the person in #2 trying to fly?
(a) Chicago
(b) New York
(c) Lake Superior
(d) Lake Erie

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does the Dead family own?

2. What is Milkman's aunt doing when he comes up to her house?

3. What is Milkman's job as he works with his father?

4. When does the Dead family take its weekly drives?

5. How old is Milkman's best friend when they are first said to be friends?

(see the answer key)

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