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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Francis's and Michael's father in Part II?
(a) He has left the family and they do not really know his whereabouts.
(b) Prison.
(c) A new job in New England.
(d) Trinidad.

2. Who is killed in the Park in Part I?
(a) Raj.
(b) Anton.
(c) Aisha.
(d) Dru.

3. How does Ruth refer to Aisha at first?
(a) The Scholarship girl.
(b) The sell-out.
(c) The pawn.
(d) The wizard.

4. What is Michael's mother's name?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Hettie.
(c) Clara.
(d) Betty.

5. How does Ruth get hurt in Part II after Anton's shooting?
(a) She is hurt when she faints, exhausted from work.
(b) Francis struggles with her and she accidentally hits her head on the bed.
(c) She falls down the stairs.
(d) She is hurt in a robbery.

6. Who owns Desirea's?
(a) Michael.
(b) Raj.
(c) Henry.
(d) Dru.

7. What does Ruth have in her hand when Michael finds her after she wanders off alone in Part II?
(a) Francis's photograph.
(b) Francis's necklace.
(c) Money.
(d) Blue flowers.

8. How does the world seem to look at Aisha as a teenager?
(a) As a criminal.
(b) As a throw-away.
(c) As a cautionary tale.
(d) As an exception.

9. What is Aisha doing when Michael gets out of work in Part II?
(a) Riding the swings.
(b) Listening to music.
(c) Watching a movie.
(d) Cooking for Ruth.

10. Who is Michael's older brother?
(a) Dru.
(b) Raj.
(c) Jelly.
(d) Francis.

11. What does Aisha's father die from?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Accidental shooting.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Car accident.

12. What keeps Michael awake in Part II shortly after Aisha arrives?
(a) Aisha's music.
(b) His mother's wailing.
(c) Passing cars.
(d) Aisha's snoring.

13. What does Aisha mostly read in the library in Part II?
(a) Chemistry books.
(b) Novels.
(c) Plays.
(d) Magazines.

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

15. Where has Aisha recently visited that has resonated with her?
(a) Spain.
(b) Her father's birth village in Trinidad.
(c) The Great Wall of China.
(d) The Vatican.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ruth go when she leaves the house on her own at the end of Part II?

2. When they are growing up, What do Francis and Michael routinely do against their mother's wishes while she is at work?

3. What does Michael's mother's generation call the place where she was born?

4. Why does Michael go to find Francis at Desirea's for the first time in Part II?

5. What happens to Francis frequently at night?

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