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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of V?
(a) “The Talented Tenth.”
(b) “Evolution of the Negro.”
(c) “The Black North: A Social Study.”
(d) “The Black Belt.”

2. What is the name of Kiné’s mother?
(a) Kabore.
(b) Diallo.
(c) Assatou.
(d) Sawadogo.

3. Which of the following is the first friend Ailey makes in high school?
(a) Keisha.
(b) Cecily.
(c) Roz.
(d) Antoinette.

4. Which of the following works is quoted at the beginning of I?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Darkwater.
(c) Their Eyes Were Watching God.
(d) The Souls of Black Folk.

5. Which of the following does Root give to Ailey in its first edition?
(a) Jordan.
(b) Their Eyes Were Watching God.
(c) The Souls of Black Folk.
(d) Darkwater.

6. To whom of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) James William Richardson, Jr.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
(d) Luther Vandross.

7. At which of the following does Root earn his doctorate?
(a) Routledge.
(b) Mecca.
(c) Spelman.
(d) Yale.

8. At which of the following schools does Coco study?
(a) Johns Hopkins.
(b) Fordham.
(c) Brown.
(d) Harvard.

9. Whom of the following does Ailey note is her favorite author?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Alice Walker.
(c) Octavia Butler.
(d) Zora Neale Hurston.

10. In which of the following universities does Lydia enroll?
(a) Mecca.
(b) Salem.
(c) Rome.
(d) Medina.

11. What does Geoffrey’s doctor note should be used to flavor his greens?
(a) Turkey wings.
(b) Ham hocks.
(c) Oxtail.
(d) Chicken necks.

12. How many Black students does Ailey report attend her second high school?
(a) 6.
(b) 27.
(c) 13.
(d) 20.

13. Which of the following languages does Kiné’s mother speak?
(a) Wolof.
(b) Banyum.
(c) Fula.
(d) Kasanga.

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

15. To which of the following does Nila compare Dylan?
(a) A gar.
(b) A catfish.
(c) A bass.
(d) A sturgeon.

Short Answer Questions

1. A poster of whom of the following graces Ailey’s dorm room?

2. Into which college class is Ailey accepted?

3. With which of the following does Song (2) begin?

4. Which of the following is closest to the meaning of “griot,” as used in the novel?

5. How old is Ailey when Geoffrey’s father dies?

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