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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Milkman find Guitar?
(a) At the bar
(b) On the porch of his house
(c) At the barbershop
(d) At the General Store

3. The purpose of Guitar's organization is to kill _______ white person(s) for each black person that is killed at the hands of a white person
(a) Five
(b) One
(c) Ten
(d) Two

4. How does Milkman describe his relationship with Hagar?
(a) Abusive
(b) Exciting
(c) Love
(d) Not fulfilling

5. How does Milkman get to see his best friend?
(a) Late at night
(b) Early in the morning
(c) Never
(d) When they skip school together

6. What is the name of the baby delivered in #6?
(a) Macon
(b) Jeffrey
(c) George
(d) Robert

7. What is the date at the beginning of this story?
(a) February 13, 1931
(b) December 23, 1931
(c) March 2, 1931
(d) February 18, 1931

8. What does Pilate do for a living?
(a) Is a midwife
(b) Works as a maid
(c) Makes and sells wine
(d) Cooks

9. What did Milkman's mother say she was wearing when she was kneeling next to her dead father?
(a) A dress
(b) A slip
(c) A suit
(d) Nothing

10. Which of Milkman's legs is shorter than the other?
(a) Left
(b) Right
(c) Neither is shorter
(d) It's his left arm that is shorter, not his leg.

11. What must Milkman promise in order to find out more from Guitar?
(a) His first born
(b) Absolute secrecy
(c) A $20 bill
(d) Gold

12. What do Macon and Pilate find as they try to bury the man who is killed?
(a) A bottle of liquor
(b) A book
(c) A green sack with 3 pieces of gold in it
(d) Bones

13. Who is the one person for whom Milkman does not buy a Christmas present?
(a) Lena
(b) Hagar
(c) Ruth
(d) Macon

14. From whom do Macon and Pilate try to hide?
(a) Another child
(b) Their mother
(c) A group of white men
(d) A police officer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pilate tell Ruth she believes will save Milkman's life one day?

2. What does Macon Dead do for work?

3. What is the goal of the organization?

4. Who picks up a rock and kills the white man where Macon and Pilate decide to sleep?

5. What did Pilate use to protect Ruth and her unborn son?

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