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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 107 - 142).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jelly think might be his big break?
(a) A spot on a local television show.
(b) A performance at a local venue called The Ring.
(c) A connection his uncle has with a record executive.
(d) An audition at a big hip-hop concert coming up in town.

2. How does Michael's brother describe memory?
(a) Memory is the past.
(b) Memory is subjective.
(c) Memory is cursed.
(d) Memory is the muscle sting of now.

3. What does Ruth do on one occasion to try to contact Francis after his death?
(a) Goes to a medium.
(b) Prays to hear his voice again.
(c) Asks an operator to reach him.
(d) Goes to his grave to talk to him.

4. Who arrives at Desirea's just as the party is winding up at 6 a.m. in Part IV?
(a) Raj.
(b) Ruth.
(c) The police.
(d) Francis's father.

5. Where does Michael's father live?
(a) In a homeless shelter.
(b) In Trinidad somewhere.
(c) In a run-down low-rise building.
(d) With his sister in the suburbs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which neighbor of Michael's is kind but also intrusive at times?

2. What word, related to sex, does Francis introduce Michael to when they are young and accidentally see two strangers having sex?

3. What did Francis sometimes do just before he was a teenager when Ruth came home from work?

4. What job does Ruth do in Part I, after Francis's death?

5. What does someone give Michael's mother Ruth to try in Part III?

(see the answer key)

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