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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much did Tommy pay for his haircut?
(a) $1.00.
(b) $1.50.
(c) $.50
(d) $.75

2. Why does Ray say he is moving to a new parlor?
(a) He has a family to support.
(b) He and his family are moving their home.
(c) He cannot stand Butler.
(d) He wants to try some new cuts.

3. Why does Willis have to avoid Bertha, the cook?
(a) She is a snitch for the police.
(b) She is his aunt's neighbor.
(c) She is Willis's girlfriend.
(d) She is mean and carries a gun.

4. What makes Billy appear to strut?
(a) His advice.
(b) A birth defect.
(c) His personality.
(d) A war wound.

5. What does the man do to R.V. that causes him to order Aubrey to take him out?
(a) Trips R.V. and causes him to fall.
(b) Takes his gun away.
(c) Punches him in the face.
(d) Calls the police.

6. Who is the narrator in this story?
(a) Gloria's husband.
(b) Mrs. Boswell.
(c) Gweneth.
(d) Gloria.

7. How did the narrator indicate he hurt his nose?
(a) While making love.
(b) While running after his child.
(c) While riding a bike.
(d) While working .

8. What does Dewey wear to show people he is fearless?
(a) Purple beret.
(b) Slick's bar shirt.
(c) Gun.
(d) Willis's clothes.

9. Which of the following characters dismisses country music as a valid art form?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Gloria's husband.
(c) Mrs. Boswell.
(d) Gweneth.

10. What is Butler's regular complaint?
(a) Where do we go now.
(b) Nothing good happens here.
(c) No one is gonna help us.
(d) They still tryin' to starve us out.

11. Why is Corliss waiting in Mary Farragot's apartment?
(a) To Open her mail and materials.
(b) To take notes on her posessions.
(c) To talk to her about her likes and dislikes.
(d) For her to come back.

12. What is Harper's farm?
(a) Where Billy hids from the law.
(b) A church group that rehabilitates criminals.
(c) Where black offenders go to be put on road gangs.
(d) The farm that Billy and his wife own.

13. Which of the following two professions does John Butler practice?
(a) Shoe shiner and bookie.
(b) Preacher and bookie.
(c) Barber and preacher.
(d) Shoe shiner and barber.

14. After whom are Billy and William named?
(a) Maternal grandfather.
(b) Father.
(c) Paternal grandfather.
(d) Mother's favorite singer.

15. With what does Wilson have an odd fascination?
(a) Farragot's expression.
(b) Farragot's earrings.
(c) Winfield's red handkerchief.
(d) Milford's silver hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Milford admire about Winfield?

2. Where does Leon get the impression that Gweneth likes to hear boys blow their own horns?

3. About what do Farragot and Milford hear Wilson reprimand Smothers?

4. What does the narrator tell Mrs. Boswell at recess that makes her laugh?

5. Why does Mrs. Boswell tell Leon he cannot go out to dance?

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