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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Jones decide when he sees Lutie's look of triumph as she enters the apartment building after singing at The Casino?
(a) That he loves her.
(b) That he will have her that night.
(c) That he can no longer live his life in basements and dark corners.
(d) That he must kick Min out of his apartment.

6. What does Jones believe about the cross hanging over Min's bed?
(a) He believes that it stands between him and Lutie.
(b) He believes that it is evil.
(c) He believes that it will cause him to die.
(d) He believes that it is encouraging Min to leave him.

7. What ultimate decision does Boots make about Lutie after meeting with Junto?
(a) Boots decides that he is in love with Lutie and cannot live without her.
(b) Boots decides that he will not pay Lutie for singing and that he'll try to convince her to show Junto some interest.
(c) Boots decides to ask Lutie to marry him.
(d) Boots decides that Lutie is not the best singer he's ever heard.

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

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

10. What is the reader able to gather from Jones' disjointed thoughts as he rages about his encounter with Lutie and Mrs. Hedges?
(a) Jones is an artist.
(b) Jones never graduated from high school.
(c) Jones is on medication.
(d) Jones is mentally unstable.

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

12. 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) Throw him a welcome back party.
(c) Punish him for three months.
(d) Move into the basement with Jones.

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

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

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 for Lutie at The Casino.
(b) He instructs Junto to wait in the car for Lutie.
(c) He instructs Junto to come back around 10:00.
(d) He instructs Junto to forget about Lutie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What impression is Lutie left with after she explains her predicament to Boots and leaves his apartment building?

2. How do the women in the street treat Jones?

3. What does Mrs. Hedges tell Jones about Min's whereabouts after Min has been seen with the pushcart man?

4. What effect does the cross over Min's bed have on Jones?

5. What prompts Lutie to recognize the dirt and grime in her apartment?

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