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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Hagar bring as the murder weapon for Milkman's murder?
(a) Poison
(b) Wire
(c) A hammer
(d) A huge butcher's knife

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

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

6. For how long does Milkman want to leave town?
(a) A year
(b) A month
(c) A decade
(d) A week

7. Who has Milkman been sleeping with for some time?
(a) Reba
(b) Pilate
(c) Susan
(d) Hagar

8. 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

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

10. What is Hagar's relationship to Milkman?
(a) Aunt
(b) Brother
(c) Cousin
(d) Friend

11. Who is the drunk and crazy tenant that waves around a shotgun and a wad of cash?
(a) Guitar
(b) Milkman
(c) Robert
(d) Porter

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

13. Where do Guitar and Milkman go to get a drink?
(a) Leo's Lounge
(b) Mary's Bar
(c) Andrew's Inn
(d) Terry's Bar

14. Who is Milkman becoming worried about?
(a) Guitar
(b) First Corinthians
(c) Macon
(d) Lena

15. Which of these names does not belong in the Dead family?
(a) Magdalene
(b) First Corinthians
(c) Ruth
(d) Reba

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the members of this organization that eventually cannot not take it?

2. When is Hagar thought to be planning to kill Milkman?

3. Who does Freddie think is helping the murderer in #43?

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

5. Who walks into the rental office as Milkman is finishing up work?

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