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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who prevented Macon from attempting to miscarry Milkman when he was in the womb?
(a) Ruth
(b) Pilate
(c) Rena
(d) Circe

2. What kind of car does the Dead family own?
(a) They don't own a car
(b) GTO
(c) T-bird
(d) Packard

3. What does Macon Dead do for work?
(a) Real estate agent
(b) Landlord
(c) Insurance agent
(d) Handyman

4. What is so special about the item in #74?
(a) It is the resting place of his father
(b) It contains a map
(c) It has a treasure in the back
(d) It contains gold

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

6. To where do Macon and Pilate escape instead of staying in their hiding place?
(a) To the city
(b) To the woods
(c) To their home
(d) To an old barn

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

8. Where does Hagar hit Milkman?
(a) Arm
(b) Legs
(c) Chest
(d) Collarbone

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

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

11. What does Milkman mention that causes Macon to become excited?
(a) A car
(b) A city
(c) A book
(d) A green sack

12. Who does Freddie think is helping the murderer in #43?
(a) Empire State
(b) Guitar
(c) Porter
(d) Macon

13. Who picks up a rock and kills the white man where Macon and Pilate decide to sleep?
(a) Macon
(b) Ruth
(c) Circe
(d) Pilate

14. Who scares Macon away from the cave and hinders him from leaving with the item in #82?
(a) Circe
(b) Pilate
(c) A group of hunters
(d) Police

15. Guitar feels the group is a perfectly ________ and natural reaction to unnatural white people.
(a) Simple
(b) Legitimate
(c) Beautiful
(d) Rational

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is shocked about the news that Hagar wants to kill Milkman?

2. Macon discovers Ruth naked in the bed next to her father's dead body. What is she doing?

3. Who does Milkman's best friend goad Milkman into visiting?

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

5. What does Guitar think all white people are? ______ waiting to happen.

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