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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Loretta initially react when Maureen tells her of her plans to marry Jim?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is jealous.
(c) She is apathetic.
(d) She is pleased.

2. How does Jules feel about himself after his near-death experience?
(a) He feels as if he has a new lease on life because of what happened to him.
(b) He is hopeless, and doesn't feel like himself anymore.
(c) He is angry at himself for the situation he is in.
(d) He is happier now than he ever was before.

3. What is Maureen doing at the beginning of the third book?
(a) Having a baby.
(b) Writing a letter.
(c) Working at the library.
(d) Staring into her reflection in a mirror.

4. At the novel's end, why is Jules moving?
(a) To continue his work with Mort.
(b) To start a new life with Nadine.
(c) To get away from his family.
(d) To avoid the police pursuing him.

5. What is the topic of Jules's interview with the news reporter?
(a) The necessity of the fires.
(b) His murder of a police officer.
(c) The righteousness of his party's cause.
(d) His mother's homelessness due to the riots.

6. What is causing Jim to reevaluate his situation with his wife and family?
(a) Losing his job.
(b) His wife's infidelity.
(c) Maureen.
(d) A near-death experience.

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

8. What is happening to Maureen during her recovery?
(a) She is having difficulty learning how to do simple things.
(b) She is slowly going blind.
(c) She is forgetting much of her past.
(d) She is having flashbacks of the night she was beaten.

9. How do Jim and Maureen conduct their relationship?
(a) They try to keep it a secret, but fail.
(b) They date, but do not associate with one another in school.
(c) Secretly.
(d) Openly.

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

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

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

13. 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) Joe doesn't allow her to have any contact with them.
(c) She doesn't want Joe to know how poor her family is.
(d) She wants the part of her life she associates with them to be over.

14. Where do Jules and Nadine go after becoming reacquainted?
(a) To a hotel.
(b) On vacation.
(c) To a restaurant.
(d) To Texas.

15. Where does Jules see Nadine again, after their long separation following the ill-fated road trip?
(a) At the bank.
(b) At work.
(c) At a restaurant.
(d) Shopping for groceries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has the visitor been doing for Maureen?

2. Who is Vera?

3. What does Jules's girlfriend want him to do?

4. What does Maureen write about in her letters?

5. Where do Jules and Loretta go every week, in Chapter 10 of the second book?

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