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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. With which of the following does Song (4) begin?
(a) “Back when her name had been ‘Beauty,’ Aggie’s grandmother had told her men were stronger than women.”
(b) “Even in a place of sorrow, time passes.”
(c) “When Aidan Franklin settled his second wife and his many children in the cabin…”
(d) “The fault of how Samuel Pinchard, the man who would be known by the Negroes on his land as ‘Master,’ became an atrocity…”

2. In which of the following games does Belle specialize?
(a) Gin rummy.
(b) Pitch.
(c) Bid whist.
(d) Spades.

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

4. Which of the following books does Lydia reread?
(a) The Bluest Eye.
(b) The Color Purple.
(c) Beloved.
(d) Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does Aggie liken Samuel?

2. What is the name of Ailey’s first high school?

3. Which of the following is the first friend Ailey makes in high school?

4. A poster of whom of the following graces Ailey’s dorm room?

5. What is the name of Ailey’s first high school antagonist?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Summarize the story Helen tells Aggie about menstruation.

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

5. What is the origin of the name of Coromantee?

6. How does Root meet his wife?

7. Why does Root dislike homecoming at his college?

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

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

10. How does Ailey regard her first plane trip?

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