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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. What name is given to the Black section of Chicasetta?
(a) Ravenloft.
(b) Crow’s Roost.
(c) Grackle’s Nest.
(d) Blackbird Town.

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

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

4. With whom of the following did Baybay and Boukie both have sex?
(a) Ailey.
(b) Melody.
(c) Roz.
(d) Rhonda.

5. Which of the following treaties does the novel remark was made and broken?
(a) Treaty of Baldwin.
(b) Treaty of Coweta.
(c) Treaty of Franklin.
(d) Treaty of Taliaferro.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following universities does Lydia enroll?

2. In what city does Root meet Du Bois?

3. Which of the following is closest to the meaning of “griot,” as used in the novel?

4. Which of the following languages does Kiné’s mother speak?

5. To which of the following does Geoffrey compare his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lydia justify moving from the room she shares with Ailey into Coco’s room?

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

3. Why does Ailey note she lost her desire for school in high school?

4. What is the excuse Big Thom gives for enrolling Root at Routledge?

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

6. How does Coco explain having changed her hairstyle in college?

7. Why does Root delay his arrival after Pearl dies?

8. How does Ailey regard her first plane trip?

9. Kiné’s father holds the rank of marabout; what does that rank signify in the novel (131)?

10. Why do Diane and her husband separate?

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