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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does going "North" mean to Southern Blacks at the time of this story?
(a) Moving to Canada.
(b) Anyplace not in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana or Mississippi.
(c) Anyplace north of the Mason/Dixon.
(d) Freedom to ride the bus anywhere they wanted, being able to shop in the same stores and drink sodas from the same soda fountains.

2. How does Laura see Buddy as he is coming out of the shower?
(a) As getting a little flabby.
(b) As a man past his prime.
(c) As handsome as the day they met.
(d) Hard and strong and sexy.

3. About what is Essie concerned?
(a) Laura's health.
(b) Laura's alcohol consumption.
(c) Marietta's pregnancy.
(d) Laura's spending habits.

4. What does Laura collect for each lucky text?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Three pennies.
(c) A dime.
(d) A quarter.

5. How does Buddy see Laura?
(a) As a beautiful cup of coffee with cream.
(b) As a woman past her prime.
(c) As being too soft, too sweet, and about to melt like chocolate.
(d) As the light of his life.

6. What does Laura suggest about Marietta?
(a) That Essie try to get CJ to propose marriage.
(b) That Marietta is seeing Buddy on the sly.
(c) That Marietta is as loose as Laura is.
(d) That she be sent back to the South to protect her morals.

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

8. To what does Essie compare her fear at this time?
(a) The fear of dying.
(b) Christ's fear in the Garden of Gethsemane the night before his crucifixion.
(c) The fear that Marietta would die when she was really ill at age 6.
(d) The time she was locked in a dark cellar for a day and half and she survives.

9. Who isn't around as much as he used to be?
(a) CJ.
(b) Marietta.
(c) Crow Boy.
(d) Buddy.

10. To what does Essie compare Laura's denial?
(a) To the way Negroes are denied freedom during the era of slavery.
(b) To the way Christ was denied by Saint Peter.
(c) To the way her best friend in grade school denied being responsible for a window the girl broke and blames Essie.
(d) To the way her daddy denied that Essie is his child.

11. Why does Laura threaten Buddy?
(a) Because she thinks he plans to let Marty take over the church.
(b) Because she doesn't want him to hurt Marietta.
(c) Because he borrowed some money from her and has not paid it back.
(d) Because she is jealous that he is trying to seduce Marietta.

12. What does CJ promise to Marietta?
(a) To be faithful.
(b) To not date anyone seriously.
(c) To never leave her.
(d) To respect her.

13. Who seems smitten with Marietta?
(a) A young, black lawyer who just moved in down the street.
(b) Most of the congregation.
(c) The white beat cop.
(d) Buddy.

14. What does Essie imagine doing with the church?
(a) Essie is making plans for establishing a day care center in the church and doing other forms of good.
(b) Inviting a real minister to serve there.
(c) Making it legal.
(d) Closing it in a year's time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Laura feel towards Essie?

2. How does Essie get to the church?

3. What angers Laura as she arrives at the church?

4. What does CJ want?

5. What doesn't Essie miss?

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