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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. Melody makes sure to say that she would never work for or be supported by ___________.
(a) A man
(b) A Jew
(c) A white woman
(d) A professor

2. What did Jeff bring back for Brother Thomas from Charleston when he visited his mother?
(a) Bread
(b) Chocolate
(c) Beans
(d) Wine

3. In what grade is Jeff when he finds out his mother has left him and his father, the Professor?
(a) First
(b) Second
(c) Eighth
(d) Fifth

4. Melody becomes upset with Jeff at first because everyone else has already _____________.
(a) Eaten
(b) Let their food get cold
(c) Gone to work
(d) Left

5. Who pays for the lunch that Melody and Jeff share in a nice restaurant in town?
(a) Melody
(b) A stranger
(c) Gambo
(d) Jeff

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had finally talked to Gambo about Jeff coming out of the summer since there had been no response otherwise?

2. Who does the Professor tell Jeff more about in order to help him understand his background?

3. Who raised Melody when she was growing up, as Jeff finds out during a lunch they share?

4. Brother Thomas tells Jeff that his illness has been a __________ to the Professor, but this is a good thing.

5. Jeff, on the island, sees a world in which he is the only ______________ inhabitant.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jeff learn about the financial situation between Melody and the Professor?

2. What doesn't Jeff mind about waiting at the airport for his mother?

3. Why does Jeff send Melody a beautiful scarf for Christmas the year after he visits her?

4. What does Melody's new boyfriend, Max, refuse to let Jeff do when he is staying with them?

5. Why are the two women at the house surprised to be introduced to Jeff by Melody?

6. What does Jeff do in order to feel healed and to feel at home once more?

7. What does Brother Thomas do when Jeff reveals he has not eaten dinner or breakfast?

8. Why does Jeff feel disappointed about Gambo when he arrives to visit with her?

9. What is the picture Melody painted once that made Jeff wake up worried during the night?

10. Who is waiting for Jeff at the train station when he arrives back home?

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