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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. What does Ruth do to Michael when he approaches her at the party in Part III?
(a) Slaps him across the face.
(b) Hugs him.
(c) Tells him to leave.
(d) Ignores him.

2. Who first explains music to Michael?
(a) The Professa.
(b) Francis.
(c) Raj.
(d) Dru.

3. What do Michael's friends use Desirea's shop for?
(a) Selling drugs.
(b) DJing and playing music.
(c) Painting canvasses.
(d) Running an illegal phone-fixing business.

4. What does Francis do with Michael for a rare treat in Part III?
(a) Takes him out to eat at a restaurant.
(b) Takes him to an amusement park.
(c) Takes him to the movies.
(d) Takes him to a ballgame.

5. Where does Jelly actually take Francis following Jelly's audition?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The bar.
(c) Home to Ruth's.
(d) The bus station.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Francis react when Michael tells him about their mother's fit?

2. Why does Michael hesitate to go to where Francis usually hangs out to find him in Part III?

3. Who does Michael lose his virginity to?

4. What can Jelly do that surprises Michael?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Francis and Michael end up freezing and soaked in a bus shelter in Part IV?

2. Who shows up in Michael's house in Part III after long years of no contact, and how does Michael feel about this person?

3. How does Jelly's audition go?

4. What does Francis do when Scatter pulls his knife on Michael?

5. What does Francis seem to think about the middle-class white kids in the line at the DJing audition?

6. What does Michael remember about Jelly's "dress rehearsal"?

7. Why does Michael go to find Francis at Desirea's in Part III?

8. Why does Francis spend so much time at Desirea's?

9. How does Francis seem to feel about the car he and Jelly share?

10. How does Anton act in the aftermath of his being badly beaten, which Michael recalls in Part III?

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