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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Butler wish they could send Benjie?
(a) Drug rehab.
(b) A farm in the South.
(c) Military school.
(d) Boarding school.

2. When Jimmy-Lee got money for school supplies, how much money did he give Benjie?
(a) 50 cents.
(b) $1.
(c) $2.
(d) 75 cents.

3. What teachers complained to the principal that Nigeria was creating an atmosphere that bred hostility?
(a) 3 whites.
(b) 3 Negroes.
(c) 2 Negroes and one white.
(d) 2 whites and one Negro.

4. What does Nigeria Greene teach?
(a) 6th grade.
(b) 9th grade.
(c) 7th grade.
(d) 8th grade.

5. How old is Jimmy-Lee's father?
(a) 39.
(b) 43.
(c) 36.
(d) 47.

6. On page 52, how long has it been since Rose met Butler?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 6 years.

7. How was the Royalty Room decorated for the ball, fashion show, and champagne sip?
(a) Silver and white ornaments.
(b) Silver and white streamers.
(c) Silver and white doves.
(d) Silver and white garlands.

8. How much does Benjie remember that his friend Jimmy-Lee was going to get for his birthday from his uncle?
(a) $15.
(b) $10.
(c) $20.
(d) $5.

9. How many bags does Walter have to hustle in order to pay the cops five singles?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

10. What is a song that Mrs. Bell likes to sing?
(a) How Great Thou Art.
(b) Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.
(c) Abide with Me.
(d) A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.

11. What does Benjie call Nigeria when he takes him down to the principal and requests that his parents be notified?
(a) Oreo Cookie.
(b) Ape.
(c) Nigger.
(d) Crow.

12. What is the name of the woman who was beat up and robbed after she left a night meeting of the Scholarship Fund Society?
(a) Mrs. Ralph Peters.
(b) Mrs. Ransom Bell.
(c) Mrs. Louisa Stapleton.
(d) Mrs. Elizabeth Mortensen.

13. Who gave Benjie his first joint of pot?
(a) Tiger.
(b) A kid in the parking lot at school.
(c) A kid on the first floor of Benjie's apartment building.
(d) Jimmy-Lee.

14. What does Butler like to keep on hand?
(a) Campari's.
(b) Gentleman Jack.
(c) Jim Beam.
(d) Seagram Seven.

15. What are some jobs that Jimmy-Lee's father has quit?
(a) Lawn maintenance and construction worker.
(b) Janitor and electronics delivery.
(c) Laundry truck and the post office.
(d) Garbage pickup and window washer.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hotel do the La Paloma Femme de la Jours hold their ball, fashion show, and champagne sip?

2. What type of dancing does Benjie say his grandmother did when she was young?

3. How old does Benjie remember that he was when he had good times with his mother?

4. What day of the week would Benjie and his mother go for a walk when he was a kid?

5. Before Benjie, how many times has Butler seen 13-year-old junkies?

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