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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 happens when Jules visits Nadine?
(a) He rapes her.
(b) She robs him.
(c) She throws him out.
(d) He seduces her.

2. How old is Loretta at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twenty.

3. Why is Jules almost killed in Children of Silence, Chapter 9?
(a) His father beats him severely.
(b) He gets very ill from a drug overdose.
(c) He ponders robbing a store and is shot at by a police officer.
(d) He is mugged walking home from work.

4. What does Jules dream of when looking at maps and books?
(a) Getting away from Detroit one day.
(b) Becoming a pirate.
(c) Joining the circus.
(d) Staying in Detroit to help his mother.

5. Who is Rita?
(a) Howard's sister.
(b) Loretta's friend.
(c) Bernie's niece.
(d) Loretta's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Maureen's method of escape?

2. What position is Maureen elected to in school?

3. Where are Jules and Nadine at the end of Chapter 6 of the second book?

4. Where is Mrs. Wendall living?

5. What does Loretta do after Mrs. Wendall is gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jules tell Vera about love?

2. What does Jules do at the end of Chapter 7 of the third book?

3. How does Jules feel about the riot fires on the streets of Detroit?

4. What has changed about Maureen as a result of her catatonia?

5. What is happening to Maureen as she begins to come out of her catatonia?

6. How does Jules reunite with Nadine?

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

8. How does Jules get a rifle during the riot?

9. How does Jules feel after his father's funeral?

10. What happens to Maureen after Howard's death?

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