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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the reader conclude is the profession of a pushcart man?
(a) A pushcart man helps people move items from one place to another.
(b) A pushcart man sells hot food.
(c) A pushcart man tells people where they can find housing.
(d) A pushcart man sells junk.

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

3. What prompts Lutie to recognize the dirt and grime in her apartment?
(a) All the apartment's lights were on.
(b) She knew she was having company.
(c) Her hopes of leaving the apartment were crushed by Boots' refusal to pay her.
(d) Her son Bub pointed it out.

4. What does Bub plan to do with the money he's earned from the mail scheme?
(a) Do some grocery shopping for the house.
(b) Go see a movie.
(c) Buy Lutie a gift.
(d) Buy himself a new pair of shoes.

5. What does Mrs. Hedges recall when Lutie leaves her apartment?
(a) The message she was supposed to give Lutie.
(b) The fire and her life before it.
(c) That she has a dish in the oven.
(d) That Min is alone in the apartment with Jones.

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

7. How does Jones behave with Min after seeing the postman?
(a) He is unusually friendly.
(b) He's extremely affectionate.
(c) He's more talkative than usual.
(d) He's a bit meaner than usual.

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

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

10. Which statement best describes Boots' feelings about white people?
(a) He is indifferent to white people.
(b) He loves them.
(c) He hates them passionately.
(d) He admires their business sense.

11. What does Mr. Crosse tell Lutie after hearing her sing?
(a) He tells Lutie she doesn't have much talent.
(b) He tells Lutie he'll give her free lessons.
(c) He tells Lutie she is the most beautiful woman he's ever seen.
(d) He tells Lutie he can get her a job making 75.00 a week.

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

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

14. Who is the white man that's interested in Lutie?
(a) A police officer.
(b) Junto.
(c) Mr. Chandler.
(d) One of Mrs. Hedges' gentlemen.

15. After telling Lutie about Junto's proposition, what instructions does Boots give Junto when asking him to leave the apartment?
(a) He instructs Junto to wait in the car for Lutie.
(b) He instructs Junto to wait for Lutie at The Casino.
(c) He instructs Junto to come back around 10:00.
(d) He instructs Junto to forget about Lutie.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

5. What does Lutie plan to do after the situation with the postal investigators and Bub is resolved?

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