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Jones, Tayari
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 125 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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An American Marriage Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Jones, Tayari
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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 is Celestial from?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Chattanooga.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Memphis.

2. In his last letter to Celestial in Part One: "Bridge Music," Roy tells her that everything he does is what?
(a) An attempt to be free.
(b) A service to justice.
(c) A love letter to her.
(d) A service to God.

3. How many times does Celestial's father say he proposed to his wife before she said yes?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

4. Where did Olive intend to go after finishing high school when she boarded a Greyhound bus?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Houston.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

5. Who does Roy say he has discovered to be his biological father in a letter to Celestial in Part One: "Bridge Music"?
(a) Walter.
(b) Andre.
(c) Uncle Banks.
(d) Big Roy.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what nickname do Roy and the other convicts call Walter?

2. Where did Andre attend college?

3. After how long in prison is Roy's case finally overturned?

4. Who is the attorney that was retained for Roy's appeal?

5. Celestial writes in a letter to Roy in Part One: "Bridge Music," "When something happens that eclipses the imaginable, it changes a person. It's like the difference between" what (41)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Olive's illness and death described?

2. How does Roy respond to Celestial's "Dear John" letter?

3. What surprising discovery does Roy write to Celestial about his cellmate Walter?

4. What does Celestial's baby doll in the prison outfit symbolize?

5. What does an epistolary novel refer to? What are the benefits of epistolary style?

6. How does Mr. Davenport respond when Andre announces his engagement to Celestial?

7. What is Mr. D's response to Roy's letter in Part One: "Bridge Music"?

8. What does Roy write to inform Celestial five years after he has been incarcerated?

9. Why does Roy write to "Mr. D" in Part One: "Bridge Music"?

10. When and where did Andre introduce Roy to Celestial? What became of it?

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