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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did white people treat Boots before he began working for Junto?
(a) They treated Boots like an animal.
(b) They treated Boots as their equal.
(c) They treated Boots well.
(d) They treated Boots like he was an idiot.

2. How do the neighborhood people feel when Bub is taken away by the postal investigators?
(a) They experience a sense of loss, a sense of defeat.
(b) They rejoice that the hoodlum is gone.
(c) They wonder about his fate.
(d) They are indifferent to his departure.

3. How does Jones interact with the men on the street?
(a) He fights with them.
(b) He talks with them about manual labor.
(c) He tries to converse with them, but eventually they walk away from him.
(d) He ignores them and they do the same.

4. How does Min mark the change in Jones' behavior since Lutie surfaced?
(a) Min says that Jones has behaved badly since last winter.
(b) Min thinks that Jones' behavior took a turn for the worse when he got his dog.
(c) Min says Jones has behaved badly since Mrs. Hedges denied him access to her apartment.
(d) Min says that since Lutie has paid her deposit, Jones has not acted the same.

5. What does Jones ask Min to do for him after seeing the postman?
(a) Wash the dishes.
(b) Get a mailbox key made for him.
(c) Sleep with him.
(d) Make dessert.

6. Who bloodies Bub's nose?
(a) Jones.
(b) Gray Cap.
(c) Junto.
(d) Lutie.

7. Which statement best describes the relationship between Junto and Boots?
(a) Junto and Boots are best friends.
(b) Boots resents Junto's success.
(c) Junto uses Boots to achieve credibility in the neighborhood.
(d) Junto is responsible for Boots' lifestyle and can easily take it away.

8. How do the women in the street treat Jones?
(a) They don't pay any attention to him.
(b) They holler at him to get himself together.
(c) They wave and ask him to walk them home.
(d) They smile at his presence.

9. Why does Boots decide against killing Jubilee?
(a) He is really not in love with her anymore.
(b) He decides she is not worth his spending the rest of his life in prison.
(c) He can't find his gun.
(d) He is fearful her lover will exact revenge.

10. What does Lutie believe lies ahead for Bub since being taken away by the postal investigators?
(a) She thinks he'll have to go live with his father.
(b) She thinks he'll be sent to a reform school.
(c) She thinks this will lead him to join a gang.
(d) She thinks this will all blow over.

11. Which statement best describes Jones' conclusion about Lutie?
(a) It is likely that she is secretly in love with him.
(b) That she is too wrapped up in her son.
(c) That she is in love with a white man and black men are not good enough for her.
(d) That she is not worth all the trouble he's been putting himself through.

12. How does Min describe her lonely bed?
(a) She says it is cold and hard.
(b) She says it seems to have grown in size.
(c) She says it seems to have shrunk, like the rest of the apartment.
(d) She says it is unwelcoming.

13. Why does Lutie find herself scolding Bub after she returns from The Casino in Chapter 13?
(a) She's angry at him for being a sissy about the dark.
(b) She cannot explain the sudden urge to scold her son.
(c) She's upset over Boots' new disinterest in her.
(d) She is worried about the money they're spending.

14. Why does Mrs. Hedges refuse Junto's advances?
(a) She doesn't believe that Junto is sincere.
(b) She's not attracted to Junto.
(c) She doesn't want him to see her body.
(d) She thinks he's too young for her.

15. What does Boots discover upon coming home from The Pullman?
(a) Jubilee packing her bags to leave.
(b) Jubilee sleeping with a white man.
(c) Jubilee in tears.
(d) Jubilee kissing his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jones decide when he sees Lutie's look of triumph as she enters the apartment building after singing at The Casino?

2. What present does Boots give Lutie at The Casino?

3. How was Mrs. Hedges affected by the fire?

4. What does Mrs. Hedges recall when Lutie leaves her apartment?

5. How have Min's views on paying rent changed since the beginning of the book?

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