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

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

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

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

5. What kind of water animal does Ruth say Frances' family ate?
(a) Sharks
(b) Whales
(c) Fish
(d) Turtles

Short Answer Questions

1. What language can Ruth speak as well as English?

2. Which member of Ruth's family dies while she is in New York?

3. Why does James hit the boy?

4. What kind of shops are in Manhattan's Lower East Side?

5. What does Ruth drop behind the store?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the character of Daddy.

2. How does Sam's leaving home affect Ruth?

3. Why did James think his mother was strange?

4. Describe Jame McBride's family life.

5. How does Ruth's family react to her pregnancy?

6. How does Ruth react to Hunter Jordan's death?

7. Describe the cool father at the end of Chapter 4.

8. Describe the household James was brought up in.

9. How does Peter change Ruth's life?

10. Why is music important to James?

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