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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year does Samuel win a land lottery in Georgia?
(a) 1755.
(b) 1805.
(c) 1855.
(d) 1705.

2. Which of the following does Venie use to stifle Samuel’s libido?
(a) Peppermint water.
(b) Cucumber water.
(c) Spearmint water.
(d) Lemon water.

3. In what county do Lydia and Dante wed?
(a) Franklin.
(b) Floyd.
(c) Fulton.
(d) Forsyth.

4. Which of the following does the author note her mother published?
(a) “We Have Heard: We Have Seen: Do We Believe? The Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill Hearing.”
(b) “Requiem for a Teacher.”
(c) “On the Second Birthday of my Grandson Mikki (June 16, 1991).”
(d) “The Black Black Woman and the Black Middle Class.”

5. Whom of the following is Ailey’s neighbor in North Carolina?
(a) Eddie Thibodeaux.
(b) Ned Guidry.
(c) Freddie Broussard.
(d) Irby Gaudet.

6. Which of the following is cultivated on Ezekiel’s plantation?
(a) Barley.
(b) Corn.
(c) Rice.
(d) Wheat.

7. In which of the following does Scooter note first meeting Rebecca?
(a) Tijuana.
(b) Cozumel.
(c) Piedras Negras.
(d) Cancún.

8. Which of the following restaurants does Ailey frequent while at graduate school?
(a) David’s Delicatessen.
(b) Shug’s Soul Patrol.
(c) Buzzie’s Barbeque.
(d) Nelson’s Noodle House.

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

10. With which of the following does Song (7) begin?
(a) “We are the earth, the land.”
(b) “When Aidan Franklin settled his second wife and his many children in the cabin…”
(c) “Yes.”
(d) “Twenty years had passed, and a new century had begun.”

11. Which of the following does Lydia note preferring?
(a) Bob Smith.
(b) Dr. Doolots.
(c) Captain Kangaroo.
(d) Mr. Rogers.

12. What is the name of Dante’s mother?
(a) Opal.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Sapphire.

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

14. What is the name of the archive librarian at Ailey’s graduate school?
(a) Dr. Coward.
(b) Mr. Anderson.
(c) Mrs. Ransom.
(d) Ms. Craven.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom of the following kills Dante?

2. Which of the following is the name of Samuel’s mother?

3. In what year is Nick’s letter to Samuel dated?

4. Whom of the following attends Lydia’s funeral?

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

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