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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. No matter what she is doing, what is always going on in the back of Mick's mind?
(a) Some place she wants to travel.
(b) A plan to run away when she turns seventeen.
(c) Some kind of piano piece.
(d) Some kind of invention.

2. What is a flying-jinny?
(a) A merry-go-round.
(b) A machine that removes the seed from cotton.
(c) A coin operated horse.
(d) A model airplane.

3. What has Jake Blount been so upset about, even before he came to this town?
(a) The way he has to work to eat.
(b) The few rich people versus the many poor.
(c) The long hours he has to work at the Sunny Dixie Show.
(d) He doesn't have enough beer to drink.

4. While outside on the porch with his friend, Spareribs, what does Bugger do to Baby?
(a) He shoots her.
(b) He takes her popcorn candy.
(c) He ignores her.
(d) He calls her names.

5. What do Antonapoulos and Singer have in common?
(a) They are both unable to speak.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) They are both unable to hear.
(d) They have lived together for ten years.

6. What does part of Biff almost wish?
(a) That he was a mother.
(b) That he could go on vacation.
(c) That he had adopted children.
(d) That he was a father.

7. What does Mick do at school after the basketball games?
(a) Practices on the hoops.
(b) Goes to the New York Cafe.
(c) Goes to the Sunny Dixie Show.
(d) Practices on a piano.

8. Who does Mick "prom with" at her party?
(a) Spareribs.
(b) Harry Minowitz.
(c) Bubber.
(d) Sucker Wells.

9. What type of things does Mick think about when she goes to her "inside room"?
(a) Foreign countries and music.
(b) School and family.
(c) High school and college.
(d) Flowers and trees.

10. Who knocks on Dr. Copeland's door at the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) A patient.
(b) Mick Kelly.
(c) Portia.
(d) William.

11. What does Lucille tell Biff not to do?
(a) Think backwards.
(b) Mourn.
(c) Wear blinders.
(d) Marry again.

12. What did Mick want to do when she was standing with her arms spread out like wings?
(a) To sing.
(b) To get down and tend to her brothers.
(c) To fly.
(d) To see the churchtop across town.

13. What does Jake ask the three men sitting on the step?
(a) If they had jobs.
(b) If they knew a good fishing hole.
(c) If they worked at the mill.
(d) If they ever rode the flying-jinny.

14. Why is Jake Blount so drawn to Mr. Singer?
(a) Mr. Singer listens to him and seems to understand.
(b) Mr. Singer gives him a lot of beer.
(c) Mr. Singer never argues with him.
(d) Mr. Singer is very kind to him.

15. Where does Dr. Copeland go after the Christmas party?
(a) On his rounds.
(b) To Portia's for dinner.
(c) To bed.
(d) To visit Willie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mick doing in her brother's room that upset her?

2. In the summer when Mick takes her brothers for walks what does she think about?

3. What happens to Biff Brannon on October 8?

4. How does Jake Blount feel when he is at home?

5. What kind of relationship does Brannon have with his wife, Alice?

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