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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Pilate use to protect Ruth and her unborn son?
(a) Voodoo
(b) Poultices
(c) Wine
(d) Songs

4. Does Macon explain why he doesn't want Milkman to visit his aunt?
(a) No
(b) Yes, and he beats him as punishment
(c) Yes
(d) Sort of

5. What does Macon do to keep Milkman out of trouble?
(a) Grounds him
(b) Lets him do whatever he wants
(c) Offers to teach him the business
(d) Sends him away

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Milkman find Guitar?

2. Who is Milkman becoming worried about?

3. What must Milkman promise in order to find out more from Guitar?

4. Where does Hagar hit Milkman?

5. Who is the one person for whom Milkman does not buy a Christmas present?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Milkman do for his father in the rental business?

2. What does Guitar realize about Hagar as he helps her get back to her house?

3. What breaks Hagar from her three day trance?

4. What does Ruth tell her son about her own relationship with her father?

5. What does Milkman's friend, Guitar, talk him into that is forbidden by Milkman's father?

6. What does Milkman notice about himself as he grows older?

7. How does Hagar get the money to buy things to make herself pretty?

8. What are some of Milkman's first impressions of the Butler house when he arrives?

9. What does First Corinthians think has caused her lack of luck with men and marriage?

10. What is the date of the beginning of the novel?

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