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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first album Nev and Opal recorded together?
(a) Things We've Seen.
(b) White Pony.
(c) Black Coffee.
(d) Polychrome.

2. When did Opal graduate high school?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1968.

3. What slang term does Opal use in interview to refer to people who continue to work when trade unionists go on strike?
(a) Sponge.
(b) Scab.
(c) Narc.
(d) Rat.

4. Who was the last of the original members of the Ramones to die?
(a) Jimmy Ramone.
(b) Gerard Ramone.
(c) Tommy Ramone.
(d) Jack Ramone.

5. Who was Nev's first piano teacher?
(a) Joe Arrant.
(b) Manuel Padilla.
(c) George Risehart.
(d) Susan Haynie.

6. On what date did the players for the Polychrome concept album gather at Rivington Records for their first studio recording?
(a) July 6, 1970.
(b) April 12, 1971.
(c) August 14, 1970.
(d) July 30, 1969.

7. When did Nev's mother die?
(a) March 2, 1969.
(b) April 12, 1966.
(c) March 24, 1968.
(d) June 4, 1967.

8. With whom did Opal live when she first moved to New York in 1970?
(a) Jimmy Curtis.
(b) Virgil LaFleur.
(c) Nev Charles.
(d) Anna Watkins.

9. How old was Opal when she started losing her hair?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

10. On what date did Nev and Howie Kelly visit an amateur night at a nightclub in Detroit and first hear Opal sing?
(a) April 1, 1969.
(b) June 3, 1971.
(c) July 3, 1972.
(d) April 11, 1970.

11. What is Opal's father's name said to be in the interview with Opal's sister in Chapter 1?
(a) Paul.
(b) Robert.
(c) Tim.
(d) Jack.

12. Who was hired to play keyboard on the Polychrome recording?
(a) LaTasha Prather.
(b) Steve Pratt.
(c) John Squine.
(d) Solomon Krebble.

13. When was Aural magazine launched?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1969.

14. When was Skulls in Their Wake released?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1976.

15. Where was the band the Bond Brothers discovered by Howie Kelly?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Texas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what publication was Wallace Jopson an editorial assistant at the time of the Rivington Showcase?

2. What name did Sunny's father give to her at birth?

3. Who invited the Bond Brothers to film cameos in a biker B-movie called Skulls in Their Wake?

4. Where did Opal's aunt and uncle (Rose and William) live when Opal and her sister went to stay with them for the summer?

5. When did the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing take place?

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