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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Tate and his friends afraid of when they stop at the abandoned house with the well?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Mean dogs.
(c) Girls.
(d) Hurricanes.

2. What does Johnny B do with Mr. Westland's body?
(a) Puts it in a coffin.
(b) Saves it from being desecrated further.
(c) Throws it in the river.
(d) Prays over it.

3. What does Layton do in "A Boll of Roses"?
(a) Picks cotton.
(b) Practices law.
(c) Teaches.
(d) Drives a truck.

4. What do Tate and his friends all want desperately in "Double Nigger"?
(a) Shelter.
(b) Water.
(c) Clothes.
(d) Food.

5. Who does Fon say will save him?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) Himself.
(d) His mother.

6. Who does Nillmon get to help him kill Fon?
(a) Frank.
(b) Herbert.
(c) Gus.
(d) John.

7. Who guards the blackbird?
(a) The robin.
(b) The phoenix.
(c) The hawk.
(d) The Dove.

8. What happens to the blackbird's wings in "The Eagle the Dove and the Blackbird"?
(a) The Eagle cuts them off.
(b) One is broken in a storm.
(c) He bites them.
(d) They fall off.

9. How does Grease get his name?
(a) When he eats, grease collects on his mouth.
(b) No one remembers.
(c) He is slippery when talking to people.
(d) He is very fast.

10. What do the workers on the boat pull from the water?
(a) Books.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Bones.
(d) Animals.

11. What game do Mack's parents play often in "A Harlem Game"?
(a) Cards.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Croquet.

12. What does Jimmy threaten to do to Bubba's sister in "The Crossing"?
(a) Frame her for a crime.
(b) Shoot her.
(c) Beat her.
(d) Throw her off the bridge.

13. Who brings up the phrase "Double Nigger" in the story by the same title?
(a) Fish.
(b) Grease.
(c) Carl.
(d) Blue.

14. What do Layton's grandmother and her friend clean on the porch?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Corn.
(c) Zucchini.
(d) Peas.

15. What does Mr. Westland ask Johnny B to do in "Rope of the Wind"?
(a) Save him.
(b) Pray for him.
(c) Tell his son he is gone.
(d) Drown him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Layton try to give the white man who visits his grandmother's house?

2. How do the white men who come to kill Fon die themselves?

3. Where does Headeye go at the end of the story?

4. Who does the old scout meet before joining the parade?

5. What hits Nillmon's windshield?

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