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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Healy pay Jimmie for building the fence?
(a) The agreed amount, plus tip.
(b) Less that what was agreed to.
(c) None.
(d) Just enough to cover supply expenses.

2. Who does Gilda fear and hate?
(a) Jimmie.
(b) Mr.Newby.
(c) Mort.
(d) Tabidgi Jackie Smolders.

3. What do members of Jimmie's totem begin to associate fencing and similar tasks with?
(a) Rising social status.
(b) White people.
(c) Sums of money.
(d) Discrimination.

4. What year do Jimmie and Mort return to Brentwood?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1899.

5. What does Jimmie think of Gilda?
(a) She is stupid.
(b) She is pretty.
(c) She smells.
(d) She is old.

6. What does Gilda think about the job offer?
(a) It is suspicious.
(b) It is bogus.
(c) It is generous.
(d) It is tenuous.

7. Why does Jimmie go to Verona?
(a) To visit family.
(b) To attend a party.
(c) To work.
(d) To meet a friend.

8. How was the birth of Gilda's baby?
(a) Easy and quick.
(b) Long and suspenseful.
(c) Normal.
(d) Horrifying.

9. How does Jimmie's progress with the fence go?
(a) He finishes early.
(b) He finishes two days late.
(c) He finishes on time.
(d) He doesn't finish at all.

10. What year is it at the beginning of the novel?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1422.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1876.

11. What is Jimmie afraid that Farrell will do after he leaves work?
(a) Hurt Harry Edwards.
(b) Leave the candles lit.
(c) Leave the door unlocked.
(d) Get lost on the way home.

12. What do the police give Jimmie at his new job?
(a) A uniform that doesn't fit.
(b) A gun with no bullets.
(c) A horse that can't run.
(d) A badge with no name.

13. What kinds of blacks does the constable like?
(a) Blacks who work hard.
(b) Blacks who show talent.
(c) Blacks who can read.
(d) Blacks who are good at math.

14. Who hires Jimmy to make a forest fence?
(a) A Welsh farmer.
(b) An American farmer.
(c) An Irish farmer.
(d) A German farmer.

15. What do Jimmie and the others carry the dead man from Verona in?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A rug,
(c) A cart.
(d) A wagon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jackie Smolders carry with him on his trip to Wallah?

2. What document does Healy withhold when Jimmie finishes the fence?

3. Who does Lewis not trust?

4. What happens to Jimmie shortly after running into Wongee Tom?

5. How does Jimmie find Harry Edwards when he returns to work?

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