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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jelly live at the time of his big audition?
(a) A homeless shelter.
(b) A low-rise called the Rosedale.
(c) A hotel called the Roxy.
(d) A house in the suburbs.

2. Where do Michael and Francis end up sheltering on a freezing night?
(a) The homeless shelter.
(b) A bus shelter.
(c) A library.
(d) The bleachers at the ball field.

3. Who does Francis ask to speak to the promoter after he, Jelly and the others leave the audition tent?
(a) The celebrity.
(b) No one.
(c) The uncle with the record industry connections.
(d) The bouncers.

4. Who harrasses Michael with a knife in Part IV?
(a) Henry.
(b) Scatter.
(c) Dru.
(d) Raj.

5. Who does Michael lose his virginity to?
(a) Aisha.
(b) Lana.
(c) Freya.
(d) Jennifer.

6. What is on the shirts that all the bouncers are wearing at the audition?
(a) Live Wait.
(b) Hardy.
(c) The Bone.
(d) Regal Sport.

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

8. Who does Francis take Michael to see in Part III?
(a) Their aunt.
(b) Their grandmother.
(c) Their uncle.
(d) Their father.

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

10. What does Michael find and ponder in his mother's old suitcase?
(a) A notebook of hers from when she was a school girl.
(b) An old pennant.
(c) A picture of her and Francis.
(d) A picture of her and his father.

11. What can Jelly do that surprises Michael?
(a) Sing.
(b) Cook well.
(c) Paint.
(d) Dance.

12. Who do Michael and Francis and their friends wait behind in line at the audition?
(a) Scatter and his grew.
(b) Some middle-class white kids.
(c) A celebrity.
(d) Their father.

13. What does the man in the white shirt tell Francis after he is badly beaten by the bouncers?
(a) To go away and not come back or he will have them all arrested.
(b) That this is what happens to people with no talent.
(c) That there is no way kids like them, from their neighborhood, will ever make it in the music industry.
(d) That he will call an ambulance for Francis.

14. What does Raj often wear?
(a) Shorts, no matter what the weather.
(b) A Kangol hat.
(c) A bandanna.
(d) A sweatsuit.

15. What does Michael tell Aisha and Jelly about his mother in Part IV?
(a) She is ready to go back to work full-time.
(b) She is broken.
(c) She is healing already.
(d) She is terminally ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What singer does Michael hear when he turns on the walkman Ruth had been using in Part III?

2. How is Jelly's name spelled on promotional flyers?

3. What does Michael think Desirea's looks like, amazingly, just before Jelly's big audition?

4. What does Michael's supervisor tell him about Jelly staying at Michael's house?

5. What was one thing that made Desirea's different from most businesses?

(see the answer keys)

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