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

2. What do Macon and Pilate find as they try to bury the man who is killed?
(a) A green sack with 3 pieces of gold in it
(b) Bones
(c) A bottle of liquor
(d) A book

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

4. What is Milkman's aunt doing when he comes up to her house?
(a) Chewing on berries
(b) Sleeping
(c) Cleaning
(d) Smoking

5. What is Robert Smith's profession?
(a) Butler
(b) Doctor
(c) Insurance agent
(d) Slave

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does the Dead family own?

2. Where is the person in #2 trying to fly?

3. When does the Dead family take its weekly drives?

4. Who is the first woman to deliver a 'colored baby' at Mercy Hospital?

5. Where does the family take its weekly drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Milkman receive a much different reception when he enters the General Store the second time?

2. What are some of the ways First Corinthians hides her true employment situation?

3. What idea does Macon resist when talking to Milkman?

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

5. What is the cause of Guitar's new and strange habits?

6. What is the explanation that Susan Byrd gives for her behavior the previous time that Milkman visited?

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

8. Why does Guitar leave Milkman alone, even though Guitar is certain Hagar is coming to kill him?

9. Why does Milkman decide to travel to Danville?

10. What does Milkman realize when he tries to buy a present for Hagar?

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