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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In which town is the Peach Butt?
(a) Gaffney.
(b) Blacksburg.
(c) Macedonia.
(d) Valley Falls.

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

4. To whom of the following is Precious compared?
(a) Delilah.
(b) Jezebel.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Esther.

5. How old is Ailey when Geoffrey’s father dies?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

6. In what month does Samuel typically sell enslaved persons?
(a) February.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) April.

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

8. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “Back when her name had been ‘Beauty,’ Aggie’s grandmother had told her men were stronger than women.”
(b) “We are the earth, the land.”
(c) “Twenty years had passed, and a new century had begun.”
(d) “We know of those taken from the place called Africa.”

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

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

11. Which of the following does Ailey contract from Abdul?
(a) Gonorrhea.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Chlamydia.
(d) Herpes.

12. What is Geoffrey’s middle name?
(a) Bryce.
(b) Bruce.
(c) Henry.
(d) Louis.

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

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

15. A poster of whom of the following graces Ailey’s dorm room?
(a) Cuba Gooding, Jr.
(b) Wesley Snipes.
(c) Denzel Washington.
(d) Sidney Portier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following treaties does the novel remark was made and broken?

2. For how many weeks does Midas court Aggie before asking her to marry him?

3. Where does Claire spend her summers?

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

5. What pie is Ailey’s favorite?

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