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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. What does the KKK try Alvin Tinsley for in "Justice"?
(a) Theft.
(b) Rape.
(c) Murder.
(d) Arson.

2. What flies up from the river after Henri is seen disappearing into it with his family in "The Legend of Pin Oak"?
(a) A butterfly.
(b) A moth.
(c) Three birds.
(d) Two bats.

3. The labor union associated with the Pullman Palace Car Company was the first to be led by what?
(a) Italians.
(b) Children.
(c) African Americans.
(d) Women.

4. Henri's mother was what in "The Legend of Pin Oak"?
(a) Native American.
(b) A white woman.
(c) A plantation owner.
(d) A freed slave.

5. What position were black employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company not eligible for promotion as it was reserved for whites?
(a) Pilot.
(b) Conductor.
(c) Porter.
(d) Groundskeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Henri have in "The Legend of Pin Oak"?

2. Who was Harper's father in "The Legend of Pin Oak"?

3. What title does Henri hold at the Pin Oak Plantation?

4. What is the name of the labor union associated with the Pullman Palace Car Company?

5. Who was Esau's fraternal twin brother in the Hebrew Bible?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Esau send his family for fear of a fire in "The Sight"? Where does the fire take place?

2. How is Lester Simmons described in "The 11:59"?

3. Who does Hoop organize in "Justice"? What do they do?

4. How does Harper die in "The Legend of Pin Oak"?

5. What does the slave master do in the ending of "We Organized"? Why?

6. What is the thematic point of "We Organized"? Is the story based on fact?

7. How did Lester die? What symbolism surrounds his death in "The 11:59"?

8. What leads Hoop to confess in "Justice"? What happens to the windows?

9. What is the "veil" in reference to in the story "The Sight"?

10. Who does Harper decide to sell instead of Henri in "The Legend of Pin Oak"? What happens?

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