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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maureen want to do to Jim?
(a) Destroy his financial situation.
(b) Ensure that he goes to jail for a crime he committed.
(c) Ruin his career so that she has less job competition.
(d) Break up his family and marry him herself.

2. What does Loretta blame for the disconnect between herself and her children?
(a) She blames the Negroes for giving them false ideals.
(b) She thinks she had someone else's children.
(c) She blames her children for not bonding with her more.
(d) She blames herself for not spending enough time with them.

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

4. Jules tries to establish a career for himself in what field?
(a) Manufacturing.
(b) Automobile sales.
(c) Real estate.
(d) Appliance sales.

5. What does Maureen do at the University of Detroit?
(a) Attends night school.
(b) Tutors high school students.
(c) Works as a secretary.
(d) Works as a janitor.

6. After her marriage to Jim, why doesn't Maureen want any contact with her family?
(a) She is afraid of becoming involved with their criminal activities.
(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 wants the part of her life she associates with them to be over.

7. How does Jules feel about Nadine when they reunite?
(a) He stays with her because he is lonely.
(b) He doesn't have any deep feelings for her.
(c) He is interested in her because she is a challenge.
(d) He is still in love with her.

8. Jules breaks the windows to what type of business?
(a) A clothing store.
(b) A florist.
(c) A barber.
(d) A bank.

9. Loretta is determined to adopt an air of possessing what quality while at the shelter?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Dignity.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Smugness.

10. What is being broadcast on television when Maureen visits Loretta at her apartment?
(a) A sitcom that portrays a poverty-stricken family.
(b) News of the war that has just begun.
(c) News of the race riots in Detroit.
(d) A game show.

11. What is Jules trying to do in Chapter 7 of the second book?
(a) Get from Michigan down to Texas.
(b) Make his way from Texas back to Michigan.
(c) Get a job in Michigan.
(d) Get a job in Texas.

12. Where does Jules think he may have found a promising career?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Houston.
(c) Jacksonville.
(d) Tulsa.

13. When Maureen's recovery begins, how long has she been in her catatonic state?
(a) Six months.
(b) A year.
(c) Eighteen months.
(d) Two months.

14. In what way has Maureen changed since the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is confused and indecisive.
(b) She is heavier and less attractive.
(c) She is cold-hearted and calculating.
(d) She is actively pursuing what she wants.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maureen beginning to be able to do in Chapter 7 of the second book?

2. Where does Maureen write her letters?

3. Who is ill in Chapter 10 of the second book?

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

5. Where does Maureen live, at the beginning of the third book?

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