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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 couple does Jackie wish her relationship mirrored?
(a) The King and Queen.
(b) Her parents' relationship.
(c) Ike and Tina Turner.
(d) Her sister's relationship with friends.

2. Why do Jackie's parents get divorced?
(a) Her daddy cheats on her mama.
(b) Her mama beats her daddy.
(c) They do not.
(d) They do not love each other.

3. Why do Evelyn and Ruby go to Dufon's Oyster Shop?
(a) To congregate after school.
(b) To sing.
(c) To work.
(d) To eat breakfast.

4. Why does Jackie say she cannot leave Terry?
(a) He would follow her.
(b) He has all the money.
(c) She is afraid of him.
(d) She became an adult with him.

5. What is Josephine worried about at dinner?
(a) The house being dirty.
(b) Keeping the food warm.
(c) Impressing Renard and Andrew.
(d) The winter weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jackie's position at the nursery?

2. Who is Miss Georgia?

3. Where does Jackie say was the promised land for the Black middle class?

4. What do President Reagan's tax cuts and spending bans do?

5. Who is the face of the Just Say No movement?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Terry's addiction affect Jackie?

2. Why did people not believe that Sybil would go to law school?

3. Why does Jackie feel Sybil is being condescending when Sybil kisses her cheek?

4. Evelyn says that Renard completes her. What example does she give?

5. Why is it important that the reader knows Nelson was from a Senegalese family who did not mix race?

6. What images are the most clear when Jackie reflects upon her previous house?

7. How does Evelyn feel in Renard's presence?

8. What does the quotes, "The baby seemed to soften Sybil" (51). mean?

9. How is Renard's physical appearance described, and why is this important to the story?

10. Why does Josephine tell Evelyn she cannot be friends with anyone who wants what she has?

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