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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Laura complain?
(a) That the drums always stop just before she's about to make her entrance.
(b) That Birdie Lee is not up to her usual standards of playing.
(c) That CJ isn't loud enough with the "Amen's."
(d) That Marietta has talked about Laura meanly behind her back.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Where are Marietta and CJ?
(a) In a park.
(b) At the apartment.
(c) At CJ's apartment.
(d) In the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Laura and Buddy believe about Essie?

2. What doesn't Essie miss?

3. What has Essie forbidden while Marietta is living with Laura and Essie?

4. What does going "North" mean to Southern Blacks at the time of this story?

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

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