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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following games does Belle specialize?
(a) Bid whist.
(b) Pitch.
(c) Spades.
(d) Gin rummy.

2. Which college is Ailey’s cousin Malcolm expected to attend?
(a) Routledge.
(b) Wiley.
(c) Howard.
(d) Spelman.

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

4. As which of the following does the novel gloss the word “ahgayuh”?
(a) Matron.
(b) Woman.
(c) Crone.
(d) Girl.

5. In what year is it arranged that Ailey will transfer high schools?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1986.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1985.

6. Which of the following does Chris Tate give Ailey?
(a) Diamond ring.
(b) Pearl necklace.
(c) Sterling silver earrings.
(d) Gold bracelet.

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

8. To which of the following does Ailey compare herself?
(a) A ringing bell.
(b) A calling horn.
(c) A full tankard.
(d) A hollow gourd.

9. To whom of the following does Belle compare Zulu?
(a) Sidney Poitier.
(b) Richard Pryor.
(c) John Witherspoon.
(d) Ossie Davis.

10. With which of the following does Song (3) begin?
(a) “Even in a place of sorrow, time passes.”
(b) “Back when her name had been ‘Beauty,’ Aggie’s grandmother had told her men were stronger than women.”
(c) “We know of those taken from the place called Africa.”
(d) “The fault of how Samuel Pinchard, the man who would be known by the Negroes on his land as ‘Master,’ became an atrocity…”

11. 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.

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

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

14. What is the name of Ailey’s first high school?
(a) Tivy.
(b) Toomer.
(c) Erasmus.
(d) Braithwaite.

15. What is the name of the clinic where Ailey volunteers?
(a) Seven Principles.
(b) Eight Friends.
(c) Five Virtues.
(d) Six Partners.

Short Answer Questions

1. At which of the following schools does Coco study?

2. To whom of the following is the novel dedicated?

3. Which of the following shows do Ailey and Lydia watch together?

4. What does Ailey’s father prescribe for her menstrual cramps?

5. In what month does Tut come to Wood Place?

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