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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. For what was Mrs. Farragot arrested?
(a) Hitting an officer.
(b) Flashing.
(c) Murder.
(d) DUI.

2. What is Farragot concerned about when she whispers to Milford?
(a) The fact that the white officer is testifying.
(b) Lie detectors and being railroaded.
(c) The fact that she is not allowed to speak yet.
(d) The female judge.

3. What was the most important question that the narrator wants to ask?
(a) When did this happen?
(b) What happened to Billy?
(c) Where will you go next?
(d) What is your name?

4. Why do many of the boys get off at Gweneth's stop?
(a) To be sure not to miss anything.
(b) To fight over who gets to walk her home.
(c) To hear her say "bye y'all."
(d) To watch her walk away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Billy's enemies feel?

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

3. What does Gweneth do to the narrator that he laughs at as he remembers it much later?

4. What is it rumored that Billy lost fighting a redneck near Limehouse, SC?

5. What does Butler forbid in his barber shop?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does R.V. guarantee Willis and what does Willis plan to do with his guarantee?

2. When the man with the massive tiara of black hair looks into Butler's shop, what does Butler offer him and how does the man respond?

3. What happens when the narrator of this story asks the woman sitting in the waiting room how she got the scar on her face?

4. Where do people say Billy died and what is the truth?

5. Describe the three pictures Milford looks at while he waits for Mrs. Farragot to arrive.

6. What does Milford's brief say about his client and what does this seem to contradict?

7. Describe Gweneth Lawson as seen through the narrator's eyes.

8. What is Willis confused about in regards to joining the Henry Street guys?

9. What factors does Butler spend his afternoon thinking about in regards to his situation?

10. Describe the scar on the woman that fascinates the narrator.

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