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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Laura accuse of killing Buddy?
(a) CJ.
(b) Herself.
(c) Essie.
(d) An unknown robber.

2. To what does Birdie confess?
(a) That she wished her father dead and he dies in an accident two days later.
(b) How she allowed an innocent man to go to jail for a crime committed by a man she loved.
(c) To giving up her daughter for adoption.
(d) That she slept with Buddy.

3. What does Birdie Lee say about generosity?
(a) That generosity well-placed is well rewarded.
(b) How Laura though generous has a mean streak.
(c) That the church can avoid a lawyer because of Essie's generosity.
(d) How generous Essie was to her when they first met.

4. What does Laura hear two women saying about Buddy?
(a) That he has taken over the west side gambling.
(b) That he has left New York.
(c) That a handsome man like him is a "cross to bear" for the woman in his life.
(d) That he has secretly married a woman much younger than he.

5. How is Marietta described?
(a) Large but proportionally shaped.
(b) About the same size as Essie.
(c) Very light skinned with light eyes.
(d) Tiny, delicate, and beautiful.

6. What does Buddy ask for after showering?
(a) Sex.
(b) Booze.
(c) Money.
(d) A ride uptown.

7. Where do Essie and Marietta move?
(a) To a small house in the suburbs.
(b) No where new.
(c) To an apartment in the same building as the church.
(d) To a condominium in Brooklyn.

8. What has Essie forbidden while Marietta is living with Laura and Essie?
(a) Buddy coming over at all.
(b) Buddy spending the night.
(c) Any alcohol in the house.
(d) Any men hanging around the house.

9. Who spends less time at the apartment after Marietta moves in?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Buddy and Laura.
(c) Laura.
(d) CJ.

10. In what is Laura most interested?
(a) Moving out of Harlem.
(b) Laura is imagining all the things she can do with all the money she can bring in if she plays the numbers racket as Buddy suggested.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Buddy.

11. Why is Laura unhappy about Birdie Lee?
(a) She has to go to the bathroom too much.
(b) She is taking too much attention away from Laura.
(c) She is flirting with Buddy.
(d) She is no longer playing the drums.

12. What is Marietta's response?
(a) She thinks it's a good idea to date others.
(b) She would love him to become a preacher.
(c) She wants to marry.
(d) She is a nice girl with morals.

13. What do CJ and Marietta want to do after the church service?
(a) Go to some friends' home for board games.
(b) Go to the movies.
(c) Go get hamburgers.
(d) Go to the Jazz festival.

14. Who do the police arrest?
(a) Essie.
(b) CJ.
(c) A man hiding behind the garbage dump outside.
(d) Laura.

15. What does Laura do when she comes into the jail and is locked up?
(a) She says she is innocent, but so is Essie.
(b) She apologizes, confesses to killing Buddy, and asks for forgiveness.
(c) She screams "Murderer" at Essie.
(d) She does not say a word.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits Essie in jail?

2. For what is Buddy hungry?

3. Why does Laura threaten Buddy?

4. How does Buddy see Laura?

5. What does Laura do with all her money before she came to jail?

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