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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom of the following is Ailey’s high school history teacher?
(a) Won.
(b) Yang.
(c) Mun.
(d) Hwan.

2. In which of the following does Claire buy a Chanel suit?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Madrid.
(d) Milan.

3. At which of the following did Belle teach?
(a) Duster.
(b) Tarbell.
(c) Riis.
(d) Wells-Barnett.

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

5. In what year is Root offered a job at Routledge?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following is the novel’s epigraph taken?

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

3. With whom of the following did Baybay and Boukie both have sex?

4. In which of the following games does Belle specialize?

5. As which of the following does the novel gloss the word “ahgayuh”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompts Ailey to reconcile with Chris Tate instead of with David James?

2. What is the doctrine of partus sequitur ventrem?

3. What occasions the imprisonment of Belle’s brother?

4. How does Micco come to own the land he holds?

5. What materials is Ailey expected to bring to college?

6. Throughout the book, a number of women use botanical contraceptives. What are those discussed earliest in the novel?

7. Why does Ailey suggest summering with Claire in high school?

8. What offenses does the novel note prompted the transportation of English criminals to Georgia?

9. Why does Ailey dislike spending summers in the City?

10. Why does Geoffrey not wear slip-on shoes at work?

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