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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Aisha wake Michael up urgently in Part IV?
(a) His mother has been hit by a car.
(b) Dru has come to visit.
(c) A stray dog is barking at the door.
(d) Jelly has passed out.

2. What style of singing from Somalia does Jelly sample first in his audition?
(a) Hereity.
(b) Lodsto.
(c) Frangwa.
(d) Balwo.

3. How does Michael feel during the first night visiting his mother's birthplace?
(a) Scared.
(b) Angry.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Happy.

4. What does Aisha tell Michael about the white church in Trinidad?
(a) It was built by money from the sugar trade.
(b) For a long time, Spiritual Baptists who used the church were not allowed to worship as they wished.
(c) It was built with money from the drug trade.
(d) It was build by slaves.

5. What does Francis do to Scatter that earns Francis legendary status?
(a) Verbally abuses Scatter, making him cry.
(b) Cuts Scatter.
(c) Grabs the blade of his knife and does not let go.
(d) Shoots Scatter.

6. What does Michael find when he gets home from work on one of the first nights Jelly is there in Part III?
(a) The police have been called to the apartment.
(b) Aisha and Jelly are looking through old newspapers about Francis together.
(c) The apartment is flooded.
(d) Jelly has a gun and is threatening the neighbors with it.

7. What do Francis and Jelly bring into Desirea's almost every day?
(a) Video tapes.
(b) Records.
(c) Beer.
(d) Drugs.

8. What does Francis do right before Jelly's big audition?
(a) Touches up his hair.
(b) Buys a new suit.
(c) Eats a big meal.
(d) Does his own makeup.

9. Who arrives at Michael's house in Part III shortly after Aisha gets there?
(a) Raj.
(b) Jelly.
(c) Dru.
(d) Samuel.

10. What sets Raj apart from the rest of the crew at Desirea's?
(a) He speaks two languages.
(b) He is a fantastic student.
(c) His parents own their own home.
(d) He is going to college.

11. What does Aisha tell Michael about what Jelly is doing in Part III?
(a) Going back to school.
(b) Running a record company.
(c) Sellind drugs.
(d) Just getting by.

12. What does Ruth do when she sees the state of Francis after Jelly's audition?
(a) Takes him to the hospital.
(b) Calls the police.
(c) Kicks him out of the house.
(d) Rushes to help him get cleaned up.

13. What does everyone shout, in unison, in listening to Jelly's music at Desirea's in Part IV?
(a) Up!
(b) Volume.
(c) Bring It?
(d) We Win!

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

15. How does Michael think Jelly's audition goes?
(a) Michael does not go to Jelly's audition in the end.
(b) Very well.
(c) Mediocre.
(d) Terribly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets into a verbal altercation with the police at Desirea's in Part IV?

2. Who does Aisha tell Michael he looks like with his haircut in Part III?

3. What does Francis tell Michael he has to work on in Part III?

4. What does Francis do when he is told he cannot speak to the promoter again after all the auditions are over?

5. Where does Michael's father live?

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