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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 Josephine declare at the end of the first section?
(a) Her dinner plan.
(b) Her love for Evelyn.
(c) Her plans for moving.
(d) Her illness.

2. How did Renard's mother die?
(a) Had cancer.
(b) Fell off a roof.
(c) Giving birth to him.
(d) Hit by a car.

3. Where was Terry after he left Jackie?
(a) On vacation.
(b) In jail.
(c) In rehab.
(d) At work.

4. What did Terry do in high school?
(a) Sold drugs.
(b) Played football.
(c) Was a mathlete.
(d) Sang in choir.

5. Who does Nelson compare Renard to?
(a) Ernie from the store.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Ernest Wright.
(d) Ernie the neighbor.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many siblings does Jackie have?

2. What is Sybil's profession?

3. What is Evelyn's brother's name?

4. What do Evelyn and Miss Georgia do together?

5. What feeling does Jackie say she cannot get rid of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does it mean when Sybil states that crack is not complicated?

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

5. How did Jackie's mama and Aunt Ruby differ in their parenting styles?

6. What does Renard mean when he says there are different ways to leave a person?

7. Describe Sybil's appearance. Why does it bother Jackie?

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

9. Describe Evelyn's adult relationship with her sister Ruby.

10. Josephine is a member of the Ladies of Equal Justice Education League. What does that title mean?

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