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

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

3. What is the name of Kiné’s mother?
(a) Assatou.
(b) Kabore.
(c) Sawadogo.
(d) Diallo.

4. To whom of the following is Precious compared?
(a) Jezebel.
(b) Delilah.
(c) Esther.
(d) Ruth.

5. What highway connects Chicasetta and Routledge College?
(a) 441.
(b) 10.
(c) 281.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of IV?

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

3. In what year is it arranged that Ailey will transfer high schools?

4. With which of the following does Song (2) begin?

5. Which of the following works is quoted at the beginning of II?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Root meet his wife?

2. What does the novel imply is the meaning of “siddity”?

3. What is the doctrine of partus sequitur ventrem?

4. Why does Root dislike homecoming at his college?

5. How does Ailey regard her first plane trip?

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

7. What causes the death of Root’s mother?

8. For what reason does Belle recommend eating greens?

9. What is the significance of the Peach Butt?

10. Summarize the story Helen tells Aggie about menstruation.

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