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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Rose of Sharon and Junior in "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem"?
(a) Jackson's siblings.
(b) Jackson's children.
(c) Homeless friends who hang out with Jackson.
(d) Jackson's neighbors.

2. In what year does "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above" begin?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1976.

3. What feminist book does Estelle make her son read?
(a) Our Bodies, Ourselves.
(b) Moving the Mountain.
(c) Radical Feminism.
(d) The Feminine Mystique.

4. What does Estelle do after she spots the woman in the white dress?
(a) Rolls down her window and beckons the woman.
(b) Honks her horn at the woman.
(c) Stops her car but doesn't get out to assist the woman.
(d) Ignores the woman.

5. Which of the following statements is not marital advice Estelle gives her son?
(a) Vacuum.
(b) Give your wife expensive gifts.
(c) Wash dishes.
(d) Do the laundry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Estelle's son engaged to when he meets the woman he eventually marries?

2. What does Marie want William to do instead of catch his plane?

3. What does Estelle's son say he sometimes feels like instead of her son?

4. What happens to Sharon when she and David are sixty-six years old?

5. What do Sharon's parents do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the lost cat illustrate the story's theme of redemption in "Do You Know Where I Am?"

2. What are the similarities between Fekadu and William in "Flight Patterns"?

3. What is Jackson's relationship with Kay?

4. How are white people depicted in "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above" and how does this depiction compare to Estelle's opinion of white people?

5. Why does Jackson consider himself an "effective" homeless man?

6. Regarding "Flight Patterns," discuss William's familiarity with Donna Fargo and Patsy Cline and what it indicates.

7. With their education and prosperity, David and Sharon are well assimilated into mainstream American culture. Does "Do You Know Where I Am?" contain examples of the effects of Native American culture in their lives?

8. Describe Estelle's relationship with her son in "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above."

9. Describe Jackson's relationship with Officer Williams in "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem."

10. In what ways does "Flight Patterns" reflect that it takes place in a post-September 11th world?

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