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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the older men in town want Milkman to do?
(a) Go hunting
(b) Give them money
(c) Find a treasure
(d) Move in

2. How does Susan describe Jake?
(a) Quiet as a mouse
(b) Deep as water
(c) Black as coal
(d) White as light

3. How many sons is Solomon purported to have had?
(a) 21
(b) 24
(c) 15
(d) 20

4. What helps Hagar escape the trance?
(a) A slap across the face
(b) A mirror
(c) A glass of wine
(d) A song

5. How many black children are killed at the start of this chapter?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 4

6. How do the criminals get into Pilate's house?
(a) The closet
(b) By opening a window
(c) The front door
(d) The cellar

7. With what does Guitar try to kill Milkman?
(a) A knife
(b) A wire
(c) A grenade
(d) A gun

8. What does Guitar think Milkman has done?
(a) Told someone about The Seven Days
(b) Told the police about his organization
(c) Cheated him out of his share of the gold
(d) Lied about his past

9. Why can't Rev. Cooper take Milkman where he wants to go?
(a) He can't ride with blacks
(b) His car is in the shop
(c) He doesn't know how to get there
(d) He doesn't want to

10. Where does First Corinthians go to school?
(a) Yale
(b) Oberlin
(c) Bryn Mawr
(d) Harvard

11. With whom is Milkman assigned to hunt?
(a) Guitar
(b) Calvin
(c) Camden
(d) Carl

12. How old is First Corinthians at this time?
(a) 25
(b) 37
(c) 44
(d) 52

13. What shocks Pilate and Reba?
(a) Hagar's hairstyle
(b) Hagar's new attitude
(c) The price of Hagar's spree
(d) Hagar's appearance

14. What does Hagar not buy?
(a) Clothes
(b) Boots
(c) Perfumes
(d) Cosmetics

15. Who is Susan's aunt?
(a) Lena
(b) Ruth
(c) Sing
(d) Circe

Short Answer Questions

1. To where does Milkman decide to drive?

2. Who decides to help Milkman get the green bag?

3. Why is First Corinthians embarrassed to be seen with her new lover?

4. Who is the son that Solomon wanted to take back to Africa with him?

5. What is the real name of Milkman's grandfather?

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