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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. Why is there an emergency meeting in the Palace Estates?
(a) A Chinese family is moving in.
(b) A white family is moving out.
(c) A Black family is moving in.
(d) A white family is moving in.

2. Why is Desiree worried when Jude leaves for college?
(a) She is worried for her safety.
(b) She knows she will not come back.
(c) She is not worried.
(d) She worries that she will come back.

3. Why is Stella always jumpy around Black people?
(a) She is not jumpy around Black people.
(b) She thinks they know her secret.
(c) She is not used to being around them.
(d) She is racist.

4. Who is Barry?
(a) Reese's friend.
(b) Reese's brother.
(c) Reese's son.
(d) Reese's father.

5. Who is the author of The Vanishing Half?
(a) Jia Tolentino.
(b) Anne Hathaway.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Brit Bennett.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Kennedy?

2. What does Barry do on the weekends?

3. What does Reese wear on his chest?

4. How does Stella feel about Black people?

5. Who drops a bottle of wine at a party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Desiree get a job when she returns to Mallard?

2. Why is there an emergency meeting in the Palace Estates?

3. When did the twins vanish from Mallard?

4. Who is Stella?

5. Why does Jude go shopping with Barry?

6. Who was Reese before he moved to L.A.?

7. Who is Lou?

8. Who is Barry?

9. Why does Reese yell at Jude?

10. What is the twins' first jobs away from home?

(see the answer keys)

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