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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. Where are Aunt Fostalina's two jobs?
(a) At a hospital and a nursing home.
(b) At a bank and at a florist.
(c) At a bakery and at an art museum.
(d) At a school and at a hospital.

2. What is Darling drinking when she asks Aunt Fostalina about visiting home in "Angel"?
(a) A glass of orange juice.
(b) A Coca Cola.
(c) A Pepsi.
(d) A Capri Sun.

3. What color is the mother of the bereaved wearing at the funeral in "For Real"?
(a) Black.
(b) Gray.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

4. When did Darling begin working at the grocery store where she works in "My America" ?
(a) In 12th grade.
(b) In 10th grade.
(c) In 9th grade.
(d) In 11th grade.

5. What is the year of death listed on the grave in "For Real"?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2001.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "For Real," the narrator says, "I used to be very afraid of graveyards and death and such things, but not anymore. There is just no sense being afraid when you live so near the graves; it would be like" what?

2. What fruit does Darling eat that reminds her of home in "Angel"?

3. Who is the former housekeeper where Darling works in "My America"?

4. What animal does the family car hit on the way to the wedding in "Wedding"?

5. In what year was the bereaved born in "For Real"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What "close call" do Darling and her friends encounter in the car in "Hitting Crossroads"?

2. How does the narrative style in “How They Lived” stand apart from the other chapters in the novel?

3. How would you describe the communications between Darling and her friends back home in "Angel"?

4. For what reasons does Darling discover she cannot visit home in "Angel"?

5. What is illuminated through Darling's conversation with the white woman in the restroom in "Wedding"?

6. How would you describe the relationship between Darling and the grocery manager Jim?

7. Whose car have Darling and her friends taken in “Hitting Crossroads"? Why?

8. Whose funeral is observed by Darling and her friends in "For Real"? Why is the funeral significant?

9. What do Darling and her friends do at J.C. Penney in "Hitting Crossroads"?

10. How does the narrator describe the isolation of immigrants in "How They Left"?

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