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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. Where does Jane express desire to return at the plantation after Tee Bob's suicide in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 1)?
(a) To the cook's quarters.
(b) To the schoolroom.
(c) To the quarters.
(d) To the attic.

2. What word from the narrative refers to a derogatory name for Spaniards, Italians, or Portuguese?
(a) Dago.
(b) Cajun.
(c) Creole.
(d) Indo.

3. When was Huey P. Long born?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1818.

4. Who is Tee Bob engaged to in “Confession”?
(a) Mary Hodges.
(b) Madame Gautier.
(c) Judy Major.
(d) Amma Dean.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jimmy say he wants to bring the protests in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 2)?

2. What news is related of Mary Agnes in "The Samson House"?

3. Why does the father of the schoolteacher slap her in “The LeFarbre Family”?

4. What is the name of the schoolteacher who comes to Samson Plantation in “The LeFarbre Family”?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Tee Bob's body discovered in "The Samson House"?

2. In what endeavor does Jimmy solicit Jane's help in Book 4: The Quarters?

3. Why is Jimmy Aaron perceived as special by the slaves in the quarters as he grows up?

4. How are Jackie Robinson's games related to the blacks at the plantation in Book 4: The Quarters?

5. How does the narrative style of the novel change in "The LeFabre Family"?

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

7. How is Jimmy's planned march "set up" in Book 4: The Quarters?

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

9. What is significant about Jane's settlement at Samson Plantation in "Samson"?

10. What theme is illustrated through Tee Bob's death in the novel?

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