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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first person to find out about Ruth's pregnancy?
(a) Her father
(b) Aunt Mary
(c) Frances
(d) Her mother

2. What color packets does the BC powder come in?
(a) Blue and white
(b) Yellow
(c) Purple
(d) Red and green

3. What kind of shops are in Manhattan's Lower East Side?
(a) Music shops
(b) Jewish shops
(c) Muslim shops
(d) Gentile shops

4. What group is the boy's father part of?
(a) Black Panthers
(b) COCP
(c) Nation of Islam
(d) Communist party

5. What does James say the preacher at church dots his sermons with?
(a) Singing
(b) Laughs
(c) Hand claps
(d) Amens

6. What kind of animal does Sam have to feed in the mornings?
(a) A dog
(b) A cow
(c) Chickens
(d) A sheep

7. What is Frances' mother good at?
(a) Singing
(b) Cooking
(c) Dancing
(d) Sports

8. What does Ruth say she was starved of?
(a) Education
(b) Food
(c) Love
(d) Attention

9. What does Ruth have to do in the morning before school?
(a) Feed the chickens
(b) Light the fire
(c) Cook breakfast
(d) Open the store

10. What is the name of Jack's husband?
(a) Big Richard
(b) Uppity
(c) Little Chicken
(d) Sour Milk

11. From whose death does James say his mother never recovers?
(a) His father's
(b) Her mother's
(c) Hunter's
(d) Her grandfather's

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

13. What does Aunt Betsy arrange for Ruth?
(a) An abortion
(b) A nanny
(c) A marriage
(d) A job

14. What did Ruth's father open in Virgina?
(a) A bank
(b) A grocery store
(c) A synagogue
(d) A music store

15. Which of the following subjects does Ruth not learn at home?
(a) Math
(b) Sewing
(c) Knitting
(d) Record keeping

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James say Daddy always has his pockets full with?

2. Who does James say his older siblings revere?

3. What is Jacqueline's nickname?

4. What does Ruth say God is the color of?

5. Who does James' brother ask about what color Jesus is?

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