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

2. Who does Layton live with?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

3. What happens if you curse the echo tree in "Echo Tree"?
(a) Your family shuns you.
(b) You become an albino.
(c) Nothing.
(d) You die.

4. What boat does Fish-Hound think one takes to heaven?
(a) The Raven.
(b) The Claw.
(c) The Ark.
(d) Glory Boat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings up the phrase "Double Nigger" in the story by the same title?

2. What does the billboard in "Fon" say?

3. What weapon does Nillmon carry?

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

5. In "A Boll of Roses," what is Layton's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to the white people who talk their way into the club to hear Probe in "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"?

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

6. In "Ark of Bones," what is Headeye known for?

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

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

9. What famous tragedy do the characters in "The Crossing" reference?

10. What does Nillmon intend to do to Fon in "Fon"?

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