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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maureen beginning to be able to do in Chapter 7 of the second book?
(a) She is fully recovered.
(b) She can walk and feed herself.
(c) She can read and write again.
(d) She can hear the voices and sounds in the house.

2. What prevents Nadine from committing fully to a relationship with Jules?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her marriage.
(c) Her job.
(d) Her parents.

3. Why did Jim marry, and stay married?
(a) Ordinary reasons.
(b) Financial security.
(c) His children.
(d) Love.

4. What does Maureen write about in her letters?
(a) What her night classes have meant to her.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) How she has pieced her life back together after her catatonia.
(d) What her future plans are.

5. How does Loretta's attitude change when she finds out that Jim is married?
(a) She disapproves, but doesn't want to get involved.
(b) She admires Maureen for her courage.
(c) She pretends to be pleased, but is secretly disappointed in Maureen.
(d) She calls Maureen a whore, and kicks her out.

6. What year is it in Chapter 8 of the second book?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1953.

7. Why does Maureen want to get married?
(a) She wants to be taken care of.
(b) She wants to have children.
(c) She is in love.
(d) She wants to own her own home.

8. What does Jules encourage Maureen to do when he visits her in Dearborn?
(a) To get involved with his party's activities.
(b) To contact Loretta, or send her some money.
(c) To leave town with him.
(d) To leave Joe and move back in with Loretta.

9. How does Vera feel about Jules?
(a) She wants a more personal relationship with him.
(b) She wants him to get a job and take care of her.
(c) She hates him, and wants to get away from him.
(d) She is grateful to him for supporting her.

10. Who is Miss Oates?
(a) Betty's teacher.
(b) Maureen's professor.
(c) Jules's girlfriend.
(d) Loretta's coworker.

11. What happens to Jules as a result of his idea to make money?
(a) He contracts a sexually transmitted disease.
(b) His vision is severely and permanently impaired.
(c) He contracts a serious infection.
(d) He is killed.

12. How do Maureen and Loretta feel about black people?
(a) They detest them.
(b) They don't care, because they don't know any black people.
(c) They think they are at the root of all the city's problems.
(d) They feel that they should have equality.

13. What is Nadine's situation when Jules sees her again?
(a) She is dating someone.
(b) She is married.
(c) She is engaged.
(d) She is single.

14. What does Loretta steal during the riots?
(a) A television.
(b) A gun.
(c) A car.
(d) Food.

15. After her marriage to Jim, why doesn't Maureen want any contact with her family?
(a) She wants the part of her life she associates with them to be over.
(b) She doesn't want Joe to know how poor her family is.
(c) Joe doesn't allow her to have any contact with them.
(d) She is afraid of becoming involved with their criminal activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jim?

2. When Jules visits Maureen in Dearborn, he informs her that he is moving where?

3. What is Jim's family life like?

4. With whom is Jules living in Chapter 6 of the third book?

5. How do Jim and Maureen conduct their relationship?

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