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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. Where is Smithy's new job?
(a) The distillery.
(b) The mall.
(c) The army base.
(d) The farm.

2. What does the driver use to disseminate the fog?
(a) A church incense container.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A tractor.
(d) A smoker can.

3. Who is the street prophet in "Harlem"?
(a) Elder Henry.
(b) Elder Richards.
(c) Elder Dawud.
(d) Elder Fred.

4. What appears after Nathan's dog dies?
(a) A cat.
(b) A lake.
(c) A bird.
(d) Another dog.

5. What does someone in the crowd throw at the police car in "Harlem"?
(a) An arrow.
(b) A stone.
(c) A brick.
(d) A book.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Harold not do once while listening to the street prophet in "Harlem"?

2. What do the group of young men buy Tyros on his way to university?

3. Who at the corporation instructs Kenny and Carl to see no one but him?

4. What book do the Devil and God examine in "Devil Bird"?

5. What does Tyros decide to do after he is done at the universities?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Rope of Wind," why is Johnny B afraid of the men who stop him in the beginning?

2. Why is Carl looking for work in "The Distributors"?

3. In "Six Days You Shall Labor," what happens when Big Mo sells the pecans at church?

4. Why does the man in the crowd who has to be removed in "Harlem" become agitated?

5. In "Harlem," what part does Harold take in the protests?

6. What do both the devil and God want to consult repeatedly in the story "Devil Bird"?

7. What does the machine in "The Distributors" appear to do to people?

8. In "Rope of Wind," why do the white men kill Mr. Westland?

9. In "The University of Man," why does Tyros take his journey?

10. In "Harlem," what does Elder Dawud say the people should do?

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