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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. How does Tate get his name?
(a) No one knows.
(b) His given name is Thomas.
(c) His head looks like a potato.
(d) He gave it to himself.

2. What does Grease say he did in the well?
(a) Spit in it.
(b) Pooped in it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Took a bath in it.

3. Who stops Tate and his friends on the road?
(a) A white man in a truck.
(b) Tate's mother.
(c) Grease's brother.
(d) Fish's father.

4. What is Fish-Hound's dog's name?
(a) Rye.
(b) Hellion.
(c) Noah.
(d) Heyboy.

5. Which famous historical figure does Bubba reference in "The Crossing"?
(a) Harriet Tubman.
(b) Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) Medger Evers.
(d) Emmett Till.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to old scout in "Scout"?

2. In "Goodbye, Sweetwater," where does Layton live?

3. What instrument does Jan play?

4. What is Layton's last name in "Goodbye, Sweetwater"?

5. Where is Layton's brother killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," what instrument does Probe play and how did he get it?

2. What is the reason the story "Double Nigger" is so titled?

3. Why does Layton's grandmother tell him to give the white man who comes to collect money the good water in "Goodbye, Sweetwater"?

4. How does Layton Bridges generally feel in "Goodbye, Sweetwater"?

5. In "Fon," what hits Nillmon's car?

6. Who is Layton waiting for in "Goodbye, Sweetwater"?

7. What is one reason Dumas has the characters constantly joking in "Double Nigger"?

8. How do the police treat the main characters in "Strike and Fade"?

9. What does Layton's flower in "A Boll of Roses" symbolize?

10. In "Double Nigger," what are the characters desperate for?

(see the answer keys)

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