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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ruth take her children shopping?
(a) Manhatten's Lower East Side
(b) The Bronx
(c) Greenwich Village
(d) Brooklyn

2. What does Ruth use the money she steals for?
(a) To buy make up
(b) To go to the movies
(c) To travel
(d) To buy good food

3. What kind of hat is the boy's father wearing?
(a) A beret
(b) A cowboy hat
(c) A top hat
(d) A bowler hat

4. What religion was James' father?
(a) Hindu
(b) Muslim
(c) Christian
(d) Jewish

5. When does James' stepfather visit them?
(a) Every summer
(b) On the weekends
(c) In the holidays
(d) On Mondays

6. Who does James say he once robbed as a teenager?
(a) His best friend
(b) His mother
(c) A drug dealer
(d) An old lady

7. In what city of Virginia does Hunter's cousin live?
(a) Suffolk
(b) Birmingham
(c) Charlottesville
(d) Richmond

8. Who does James interview in his book?
(a) Himself
(b) His brother
(c) His sister
(d) His mother

9. What kind of drugs does James start experimenting with?
(a) Marijuana
(b) LSD
(c) Cocaine
(d) Heroin

10. What kind of people do James and friends mug?
(a) School friends
(b) Mothers
(c) Politicians
(d) Old ladies

11. Which member of Ruth's family dies while she is in New York?
(a) Her sister
(b) Her father
(c) Her brother
(d) Her grandfather

12. What is Jacqueline's nickname?
(a) Jack
(b) Leaflet
(c) Queenie
(d) Jock

13. What kind of job did Ruth's father have when he first arrived in America?
(a) Traveling preacher
(b) Store owner
(c) Drug dealer
(d) Pimp

14. What kind of business does Aunt Mary run?
(a) A grocery store
(b) A factory
(c) A computer business
(d) A loan business

15. Where does Ruth's mother suggest Ruth go for the summer?
(a) New York
(b) Chicago
(c) Seattle
(d) San Francisco

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James say the preacher at church dots his sermons with?

2. What does Ruth's father keep behind the counter in his store?

3. What do the children eat at Daddy's cousin's house?

4. What country was James' mother born in?

5. What is Ruth's job at the bank?

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