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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary Agnes deny when she is questioned by the sheriff in "The Samson House"?
(a) She denies being raped.
(b) She denies marrying Tee Bob.
(c) She denies being pregnant.
(d) She denies being black.

2. What organization did Martin Luther King, Jr. help found in 1957?
(a) The League for the Betterment of African Americans.
(b) The Youth and College League.
(c) The Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
(d) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

3. On what day does Jimmy plan to stage a march to the courthouse in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 2)?
(a) Friday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Thursday.

4. What was Huey P. Long's nickname?
(a) "The Hustler."
(b) "The Inquisitor."
(c) "The Kingfish."
(d) "The Cowboy."

5. Why does the father of the schoolteacher slap her in “The LeFarbre Family”?
(a) For her betrayal of the family in associating with darker blacks.
(b) For her betrayal of the family in marrying a black man.
(c) For her betrayal of the family in learning to read.
(d) For her betrayal of the family in marrying a white man.

6. How is the door opened in the room where Tee Bob has locked himself in "The Samson House"?
(a) With a key.
(b) With a shovel.
(c) With a hammer.
(d) With an axe.

7. When was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1845.
(d) 1919.

8. Who is Jimmy Aaron's great-aunt that raises him?
(a) Lena.
(b) Judy Major.
(c) Black Harriet.
(d) Amma Dean.

9. What is the name of the schoolteacher who comes to Samson Plantation in “The LeFarbre Family”?
(a) Mary Agnes LeFabre.
(b) Etienne.
(c) Madame Gautier.
(d) Mary Hodges.

10. Where does Jimmy Aaaron's mother move away to find work in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 1)?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Topeka.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Houston.

11. Who does the white man turn into in Jane's vision from “The Travels of Miss Jane Pittman”?
(a) The Devil.
(b) Mary Agnes LeFabre.
(c) Madame Gautier.
(d) Ned, Joe, and Cluveau.

12. Who arrives to blame Mary Agnes for the situation of Tee Bob's suicide in "The Samson House"?
(a) Clamp Brown.
(b) Albert Cluveau.
(c) Jules Raynard.
(d) Jimmy Caya.

13. What is the name of Tee Bob's godfather?
(a) Albert Cluveau.
(b) Jules Raynard.
(c) Jimmy Caya.
(d) Clamp Brown.

14. Where does Jimmy claim to have been arrested in protests with Martin Luther King, Jr. in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 2)?
(a) In Arkansas and Missouri.
(b) In Alabama and Mississippi.
(c) In Washington, D.C. and New York.
(d) In Texas and Oklahoma.

15. Where was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
(a) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Oxford, Mississippi.
(d) Atlanta, Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to do what?

2. Who is waiting for Mary Agnes at the bus stop in “Robert and Mary”?

3. Which of Samson's sons is white in “Two Brothers of the South”?

4. Who is Tee Bob engaged to in “Confession”?

5. What term is used in the narrative to describe a person who is one-eighth black?

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