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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 this will lead him to join a gang.
(c) She thinks this will all blow over.
(d) She thinks he'll be sent to a reform school.

2. How does Miss Rinner feel about her students and their families?
(a) She's supportive of their struggles.
(b) She's disgusted and scared of them.
(c) She can easily identify with them.
(d) She's fond of them.

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

4. What does Lutie plan to do after the situation with the postal investigators and Bub is resolved?
(a) Move away and get a job working for a family that will allow Bub to live with her in the home.
(b) Punish him for three months.
(c) Throw him a welcome back party.
(d) Move into the basement with Jones.

5. How did Junto react to Mrs. Hedges eating chicken out of a trashcan?
(a) He asked her to help him collect bottles and cans and told her he would pay her for her work.
(b) He called her a dirty old woman.
(c) He grabbed the chicken out of her hand and told her to have some respect for herself.
(d) He laughed at her and pointed her out to his friends.

6. What does Miss Rinner associate the school's smell with?
(a) Her past.
(b) Her late uncle.
(c) The smell of colored people.
(d) Her favorite pastime.

7. From what point of view is Chapter 12 written?
(a) From Bub's.
(b) From Jones'.
(c) From the narrator's.
(d) From Min's.

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

9. How has Junto helped Boots dodge the draft?
(a) By claming Boots as co-owner of his business.
(b) By arranging an unnecessary surgical procedure.
(c) By speaking with a government official.
(d) By helping destroy Boots' identifying documents.

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

11. What does Min decide to do about her miserable life with Jones?
(a) Min decides to have an affair.
(b) Min decides to leave Jones without telling him anything.
(c) Min decides to go see The Prophet, David.
(d) Min decides to try harder to make the relationship work.

12. How does Min explain the vial of scarlet liquid to Jones?
(a) She says that she's never seen it before.
(b) She says that it's a supplement from the root doctor.
(c) She says that it is heart medicine.
(d) She says that it is nail polish remover.

13. How did Mrs. Hedges meet Junto?
(a) Mrs. Hedges met Junto when she decided to apply for a job at The Casino.
(b) Mrs. Hedges met Junto through her dead father.
(c) Mrs. Hedges met Junto when she was scrounging for food and clothing after the fire.
(d) Mrs. Hedges met Junto when he asked her about the services she provided.

14. How does Bub react to Jones' proposal for making some extra money?
(a) He says he has to ask his mother before committing to anything.
(b) He's happy to help and agrees to begin immediately.
(c) He promises to sleep on it and get back to Jones the next day.
(d) He's uncomfortable with it and says he's not interested.

15. How does Bub get out of Miss Rinner's class?
(a) He storms out of the room without permission.
(b) He asks to go to the bathroom.
(c) He throws a chair.
(d) He claims to have an early dismissal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Boots' life like before he met Junto?

2. How does Jones interact with the men on the street?

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

4. What has been an effect of Lutie's hysterical fear?

5. Why does Junto want to see Boots before he leaves the club with Lutie?

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