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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Birdie Lee going to get?
(a) A new set of drums.
(b) A new piano.
(c) A font for the holy water.
(d) An altar.

2. About what is Essie worried?
(a) About when she can bring her daughter to live with her.
(b) About the way Laura is carrying on.
(c) About how Laura seems ill.
(d) About how she can get out of the city with some money.

3. What does Laura do to gain the church space?
(a) Bribes the landlord and promises three months in advance rent.
(b) Threatens to turn in the landlord for code violations.
(c) Invites the landlord to her home.
(d) Tells the landlord he can have 25 percent of the weekly collections.

4. What does Laura say about Essie that is hurtful?
(a) That Essie can't sing.
(b) That Essie doesn't care about bringing her daughter there.
(c) That Essie is overweight.
(d) That Essie only cares about others and not Laura.

5. What does Laura discover after she has talked about her life for some time?
(a) That Buddy is asleep.
(b) That Essie isn't in the room anymore.
(c) That Essie is asleep.
(d) That Buddy does not believe her.

6. When do the women actually start preaching?
(a) Early July.
(b) Well into Spring.
(c) Right after the New Year.
(d) Late February.

7. How is the church a few blocks away doing?
(a) Making no money, but saving lots of souls.
(b) Making lots of money.
(c) It's making enough money to pay the light bill.
(d) It folded in two weeks.

8. What does Chapter 6 describe?
(a) It is a detailed description of the Bible they bought.
(b) The first night the women go out to preach.
(c) The pimp who threatens them for stealing his members.
(d) The two women's contrasting appearances.

9. What does Essie do after they are persuaded?
(a) Starts dancing and singing gospel songs.
(b) Calls to the neighbors to tell them.
(c) Gets on her knees and prays.
(d) Hugs Laura.

10. What does Laura ask when Essie encourages her to read her Bible?
(a) She really can't read too well.
(b) She knows enough of the Bible already.
(c) Where is the begats section.
(d) She knows she is saved even without a Bible.

11. What does the clerk give Essie when she pays off the Bible?
(a) A picture of Jesus.
(b) A wall hanging saying GOD BLESS THIS HOME.
(c) A picture of the last supper.
(d) A bookmark with the 23rd Psalm on it.

12. What do Buddy and Laura do as a new scarlet curtain is hung as a backdrop for the services?
(a) Tell off-color jokes.
(b) Flirt.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sing gospel songs.

13. How does Laura describe the church apartment?
(a) The Ethiopian paradise.
(b) A Garden of Cornucopia delights.
(c) The garden after Eve's fall.
(d) An Ethiopian Garden of Eden.

14. What does Essie think Laura should be thinking?
(a) Of how they are going to keep the authorities from interferring.
(b) Of the souls they're saving with their preaching.
(c) Of how to get the people to donate more money.
(d) Of the future.

15. What does Laura think about the Lord's help?
(a) That the Lord ain't never helped her before so why would he help now.
(b) That the Lord helps in abundance when the Spirit moves Laura to preach.
(c) That if the Lord is taking care of her, she can take care of her man.
(d) That the Lord helps them who helps themselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Laura hire an artist?

2. What do the two say about Essie?

3. Who joins Chicken-Crow-For-Day in reciting sins?

4. What scheme does Buddy suggest for making more money?

5. What would be a general description of Essie?

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