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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom of the following does Ailey compare Scooter?
(a) Wesley Snipes.
(b) Sidney Portier.
(c) Denzel Washington.
(d) Cuba Gooding, Jr.

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

3. At which of the following does Ailey pursue a graduate degree?
(a) Duke University.
(b) University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
(c) North Carolina Regents University.
(d) Campbell University.

4. What is the listed purchase price for Agayuh?
(a) $450.
(b) $400.
(c) $500.
(d) $550.

5. Which of the following does Ailey find in the archives at Routledge?
(a) A ring.
(b) A brooch.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A bracelet.

6. Which of the following picks Ailey up from the airport?
(a) David.
(b) Geoffrey.
(c) Horace.
(d) Boukie.

7. What is Jeremiah’s monthly retainer with Samuel?
(a) $25.
(b) $20.
(c) $10.
(d) $15.

8. Which of the following is emphatically off of the menu at the restaurant Velma runs?
(a) Garden salad.
(b) Potato salad.
(c) Coleslaw.
(d) Collard greens.

9. Which of the following is the name of Samuel’s mother?
(a) Joan.
(b) Jane.
(c) Jean.
(d) June.

10. Whom of the following is the first Ailey interviews for her dissertation?
(a) Root.
(b) Rose.
(c) Cordelia.
(d) Claire.

11. At which of the following does Jeffers teach?
(a) Oklahoma State University.
(b) Routledge College.
(c) University of Oklahoma.
(d) Fisk University.

12. For what county does Jeremiah work as a slave patroller?
(a) Putnam.
(b) Fulton.
(c) Forsyth.
(d) Poth.

13. Whom of the following kills Dante?
(a) Matthias.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Lucas.

14. In which month does Ailey make her classroom presentation for Whitcomb?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) September.

15. In what year are the Pinchard family papers donated to the archive in which Ailey works?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1933.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How long is the final paper Ailey must write for Whitcomb’s class?

4. Whom of the following signs the Second Treaty of Indian Springs in the novel?

5. What is the title of the public lecture Ailey is obliged to attend?

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