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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. What does Loretta force Maureen to do for Pat?
(a) Shave his chest.
(b) Wash his laundry.
(c) Perform sexual favors for him.
(d) Give him backrubs.

2. Who is Bernie Malin?
(a) One of Brock's friends.
(b) A boy Loretta has been seeing.
(c) Loretta's cousin.
(d) One of Loretta's father's friends.

3. Why does Faye take Jules home when she meets him?
(a) He is shivering in the rain.
(b) She is attracted to him.
(c) She wants to rob him.
(d) He is lightheaded from lack of food and sleep.

4. Where does Loretta go with her children while Howard is gone?
(a) Overseas to be with Howard.
(b) Back to Detroit.
(c) To Texas, to start a new life.
(d) Nowhere; she stays with Mrs. Wendall.

5. In what city does most of the novel take place?
(a) Detroit.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Boston.
(d) Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Jules at school?

2. What does Pat see Maureen doing, in the last chapter of the first book?

3. How long is Pat in jail?

4. What does Jules focus on after his father's death?

5. What year is it at the beginning of the second book, chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. As a young adult, how does Maureen feel about her family?

2. Why does Loretta's family move away from Detroit?

3. What happens to Loretta and Bernie?

4. Why hasn't Maureen been able to get a job?

5. Which of Jules's behaviors is particularly worrisome to Loretta?

6. What happens when Loretta visits her father for the first time after her marriage?

7. What happens to Maureen as a result of her method of earning income?

8. How does Jules reunite with Nadine?

9. What does Jules do while trying to perform a magic trick for Maureen?

10. Why does Howard leave the farm in Chapter 6 of the first book?

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