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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Song (6) and IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dante’s middle name?
(a) Julius.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Philip.
(d) Cyrus.

2. From which of the following is the novel’s epigraph taken?
(a) “Black Africa Tomorrow.”
(b) “The Study of the Negro Problems.”
(c) “Of the Sorrow Songs.”
(d) “Liberia, the League, and the United States.”

3. What is the title of the public lecture Ailey is obliged to attend?
(a) “Repercussions of the Cotton Gin in North Carolina.”
(b) “Race Relations during the Cotton Boll Weevil Plague in Alabama.”
(c) “Race Relations during the Peach Tree Plague in Georgia.”
(d) “Race Relations during the Cotton Boll Weevil Plague in Mississippi.”

4. What is Oludara’s initial offer of pay to Ailey?
(a) $50/week.
(b) $500/week.
(c) $500/month.
(d) $50/day.

5. In what month does Tut come to Wood Place?
(a) May.
(b) April.
(c) July.
(d) June.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month do Lydia and Dante wed?

2. Which of the following is cultivated on Ezekiel’s plantation?

3. On which day of Kwanzaa does Scooter deliver a television to Ailey?

4. Which of the following poet’s works does Pat recite to Ailey?

5. Into which college class is Ailey accepted?

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