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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. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to do what?
(a) Graduate college.
(b) Play in the major leagues.
(c) Attend college.
(d) Run for the U.S. Senate.

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

3. What news does Samson deliver to the marching crowd in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 2)?
(a) That the courthouse is closed.
(b) That Jimmy has been killed.
(c) That Jimmy has been arrested.
(d) That John F. Kennedy has been assassinated.

4. When does the flood occur that is described in “Of Men and Rivers”?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1910.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Martin Luther King, Jr. lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

2. Who is the eldest of Samson's sons in “Two Brothers of the South”?

3. What word from "The Samson House" means to seize and carry off someone by force?

4. Where does Jane work on the plantation in “Samson”?

5. What has led to the decline of the Samson Plantation in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 1)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Hardy described in the novel?

2. Who concludes the true blame for Tee Bob's death in the end of "The Samson House"? Who is to blame?

3. What does Jane remark about leaders in the beginning of Book 4: The Quarters?

4. How would you describe the Creoles' position and stance in regard to race relations?

5. How does the thematic concept of "the One" apply to the novel as a whole?

6. What happens when Jimmy Caya arrives at the Samson home in "The Samson House"?

7. Who discovers Mary Agnres in the end of "Robert and Mary"? How is she discovered?

8. How is the relationship between Timmy and Tee Bob described in "Two Brothers of the South"?

9. What leads Tee Bob to punch his friend Jimmy Caya in "Confession"?

10. How has the narrative style of the novel changed in Book 4: The Quarters?

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