View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where do Macon and Pilate decide to sleep?
(a) In the attic
(b) In the field
(c) In a cave
(d) Under a rock formation

4. Where is the green bag hanging?
(a) In the cave
(b) On the porch
(c) Pilate's house
(d) In the wine cellar

5. Where does Macon say he will meet later with Milkman?
(a) In the car
(b) At the bank
(c) At the barbershop
(d) At a park

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Milkman realize as Hagar tries to kill him and fails?

2. What does Milkman realize Guitar is?

3. Who has Milkman been sleeping with for some time?

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

5. How does Milkman get to see his best friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Guitar even warn Milkman about his impending death?

2. What are Pilate and Milkman supposed to do with the bones Pilate found in the cave?

3. What is the result of Robert Smith's 'flight' from the top of Mercy Hospital?

4. What is Susan's response to Milkman's questions about his grandmother, Sing?

5. What is Guitar's idea for stealing the green bag from Pilate's house?

6. When Milkman is 31, what is he out doing before Christmas?

7. What is wrong with Mercy Hospital that it has been given a not-so-flattering nickname?

8. What does Milkman tell Pilate about the bones she found in the cave?

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

10. What is the surprise Milkman encounters when he goes to Susan Byrd's house?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 512 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample