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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did James' mother spend most of her adult life?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) Raleigh
(c) New York
(d) Seattle

2. What is the name of Ruth's best friend?
(a) Daisy
(b) Lauren
(c) Peter
(d) Frances

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

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

5. Who does James say his older siblings revere?
(a) Malcolm X
(b) Elijah Muhammed
(c) Marin Luther King
(d) Tommie Smith

6. What does Ruth drop behind the store?
(a) Her bracelet
(b) Her purse
(c) Her necklace
(d) Her money

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

8. How did James view his mother as a young boy?
(a) Strong
(b) Funny
(c) Strange
(d) Loving

9. What is the name of Ruth's brother?
(a) Peter
(b) Davis
(c) Sam
(d) James

10. What is the name of James' stepsister?
(a) Jacqueline
(b) Doris
(c) Daisy
(d) Lauren

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

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

13. Who does Ruth's father think is trying to steal from him?
(a) Blacks
(b) Jews
(c) Orphans
(d) School children

14. Where do James' siblings say his real mother is?
(a) In a grave
(b) In jail
(c) In Poland
(d) In Germany

15. What did Hunter die of?
(a) Cancer
(b) A broken heart
(c) A stroke
(d) Brain disease

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does James' mother work?

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

3. Where does Ruth's Aunt Betsy work?

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

5. Who finds Ruth's bracelet?

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