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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who sees Laura stabbing Buddy?
(a) CJ.
(b) Essie.
(c) Marietta.
(d) Birdie Lee.

3. When does Marietta come to live with Essie?
(a) After her junior year of high school.
(b) When she is 15.
(c) After finishing high school.
(d) After college.

4. What does Buddy shout out?
(a) Hallelujah.
(b) There will probably be some numbers played with those texts the next day.
(c) Hypocrite.
(d) Amen.

5. Upon what does Marietta muse?
(a) How she feels less excited in CJ's arms versus Buddy's arms.
(b) How she doesn't like being up North.
(c) That she wants to go to college like CJ.
(d) That she is afraid to walk the streets of Harlem.

6. What angers Laura as she arrives at the church?
(a) That the flowers have not been put on the altar.
(b) That Essie is not there.
(c) That CJ and Marietta are smooching in Laura's dressing room.
(d) That Buddy's car is not there and Birdie Lee is singing beautifully.

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

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

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

10. About what does CJ seem surprised?
(a) When Marietta says she is moving back to the South.
(b) When Marietta says she wants to be a writer.
(c) When CJ learns he is accepted into Columbia University.
(d) When Marietta says she loves him.

11. As Laura is getting into her robes, who does she want to come see her?
(a) CJ.
(b) Birdie Lee.
(c) Marietta.
(d) Buddy.

12. Who is the woman that Laura calls a "bitch"?
(a) A friend of Marietta's.
(b) A new girl up from Georgia.
(c) The daughter of a former friend of Laura's.
(d) A talented singer whom Marty is bankrolling in the belief that she'll have a great career.

13. How often does Essie go to church?
(a) Three times a week.
(b) Daily.
(c) Twice a week.
(d) On Sundays.

14. What is Laura now doing at Buddy's suggestion?
(a) Having a service three times a week.
(b) Implements Buddy's idea to announce gambling numbers from the stage of the church.
(c) Changes from the sale of holy water to the sale of bone chips from the disciples.
(d) Having three services each Sunday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Buddy angry with Laura?

2. What does Laura hear two women saying about Buddy?

3. Why does Laura threaten Buddy?

4. What happens when Buddy speaks crudely about how young the "bitch" is?

5. How does Laura see Buddy as he is coming out of the shower?

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