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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. In what year is Nick’s letter to Samuel dated?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1858.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1868.
2. With which of the following does the main text of the novel conclude?
(a) “The question is my breath.”
(b) “The people. The folks. Their songs.”
(c) “He waved his arms wide, and the old man and I waited with our kin for him to join us.”
(d) “I remain so grateful for her important scholarship.”
3. From which tribe does Holcomb hail?
(a) Osage.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) Creek.
(d) Apache.
4. In what month do Lydia and Dante wed?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) May.
5. In what North Carolina city does Ailey live while attending graduate school?
(a) Acorn.
(b) Walnut.
(c) Pecan.
(d) Hazelnut.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is quoted at the beginning of VIII?
2. Which of the following classes does Whitcomb teach?
3. In what year are the Pinchard family papers donated to the archive in which Ailey works?
4. Whom of the following signs the Second Treaty of Indian Springs in the novel?
5. What is the name of Lydia’s therapist in rehab?
Short Essay Questions
1. What advice does Oludara offer Ailey about selecting an advisor for her doctoral program?
2. Explicate the significance of the label “left-handed cabin.”
3. How does Ailey react to the work she does in the archives for Oludara?
4. How does Lydia dissuade Dante’s uncle from inserting himself into their nuptials?
5. How does Whitcomb explain his pressing Ailey harder than other students?
6. To what labor is Gideon put after being transported to what would become Georgia?
7. What is the last thing Lydia sees before dying?
8. For what reason is Lonny Maxwell dismissed from teaching?
9. How does Lady explain the departure of her parents to her children?
10. What bias does Ailey note is at work among the interviewers for the Federal Writers’ Project?
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