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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Essie say to Laura?
(a) She hopes she rots in hell.
(b) She hopes Laura will accept Jesus into her heart.
(c) She does not say anything.
(d) Laura has been her friend, and that she'll make sure Laura gets a lawyer.

2. In what is Laura most interested?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Moving out of Harlem.
(d) 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.

3. 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 her daddy denied that Essie is his child.
(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 Christ was denied by Saint Peter.

4. What has Birdie Lee done?
(a) Birdie Lee has come to see Essie, and has brought a lawyer.
(b) Gotten the entire congregation to picket the jail.
(c) Paid a private investigator to find out the truth about Buddy.
(d) Sworn on the Bible that she is telling the truth.

5. Who does CJ say he will beat up?
(a) Any man who does not respect Essie.
(b) Buddy for stealing from Marietta.
(c) No one.
(d) Buddy or any man who tries to take advantage of Marietta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do CJ and Marietta want to do after the church service?

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

3. What does Laura collect for each lucky text?

4. How do Laura and Essie react to Buddy's obvious attraction to Marietta?

5. What does Laura give Buddy for his birthday?

(see the answer keys)

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