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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. From whose point of view is Chapter 5 written?
(a) Bub's point of view.
(b) Mrs. Hedges's point of view.
(c) Jones's point of view.
(d) Min's point of view.

2. What does Boots tell Lutie when she asks him how he avoided the draft?
(a) He says that he has asthma.
(b) He says that something is wrong with his ear.
(c) He says that something is wrong with his heart.
(d) He says that he was too young at the time of the draft.

3. What does Boots invite Lutie to do?
(a) Play songs on the jukebox for free.
(b) Audition for a band.
(c) Work as a barmaid at Junto's.
(d) Have free drinks all night long.

4. What did the black community do after the stabbing incident?
(a) They looted and vandalized the bakery the dead man had stolen bread from in retaliation of the white owner who stabbed the man.
(b) They contacted the local newspapers to voice their concerns.
(c) They did nothing, as they knew no action would be taken seriously.
(d) They held a memorial service in his honor.

5. Which statement does the author use to describe the Chandlers' view of Lutie?
(a) A "fool of a girl, working so hard when her husband ought to be the one doing the work."
(b) A "hard working black woman who adds warmth to our household."
(c) A "mistake if we ever made one."
(d) A "wench with no morals who would be easy to come by."

Short Answer Questions

1. How might the relationship between Mrs. Chandler and Lutie be described?

2. How does Jones feel about Mrs. Hedges?

3. How does Mrs. Hedges respond to Min's attempt to leave her some money?

4. How does Lutie feel about Bub shining shoes?

5. What does Lutie do when Boots tries to put his arm around her waist as he prepares to leave her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Jones becomes enraged when he looks at Bub and imagines that the boy resembles his father. Why do you think this is?

2. How did the white bartenders treat the patrons of Junto's? How did this treatment differ from the treatment they received in the workforce?

3. How do Boots' responses to how he gets gas and how he avoided the draft serve the reader? What is the reader able to gather about Boots from his answers?

4. Chapter 5 is written from Min's point of view. Why has the author chosen to use different narrators?

5. In Chapter 2, Lutie returns from Mrs. Chandler's and arrives in Harlem relieved to be away from white people. How does Lutie believe that white women and men look at her?

6. What does Lutie feels she sees in the eyes of the neighborhood people, specifically the people she sees in the emergency room?

7. Why does Lutie refuse to wear the blouse crushed by Jones?

8. What is likely the reason Bub refuses to tell his mother he's afraid of the dark?

9. Lutie first begins to measure people and their intentions in Chapter 1. How do you rate Lutie's ability to read people? Do you think she is accurate in her summations?

10. Describe how Jones and Lutie view one another.

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