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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Singer do when he returns to his home from the asylum?
(a) He shoots himself.
(b) He slits his wrists.
(c) He cries.
(d) Nothing.

2. What is Jack Blount's dream?
(a) He is on a train.
(b) He is walking on a tightrope.
(c) He is riding on the flying-jenny.
(d) He is walking in a crowd, carrying something.

3. What is the man named Simms trying to do to Jake Blount?
(a) Trying to be his friend.
(b) Trying to convert him.
(c) Trying to join his cult.
(d) Trying to steal his money.

4. What happens when Mick talked to Mr. Singer about getting a job?
(a) He smiles.
(b) He nods after she tells him about it.
(c) He writes her a note saying she should take it.
(d) Nothing, he didn't understand.

5. How do Harry and Mick get the the Girl Scout camp?
(a) They ride a bicycle.
(b) They walk.
(c) The bus.
(d) Harry borrows his mother's car.

6. What happens in June that changes everything for Mick?
(a) Etta has her surgery and is getting better.
(b) Her brother gets a raise and is able to help the family more.
(c) Her sister comes home and said they are hiring where she works.
(d) Her sister comes home and tells her she is getting married.

7. What happens to the music in Mick's mind after all the changes she undergoes during the past month?
(a) It is in her secret box.
(b) It is gone.
(c) She writes it all down.
(d) She sings more of it.

8. What does Portia tell her father at the end of Book 2, Chapter 10?
(a) You need to be in bed.
(b) Colored people should know their place.
(c) The best thing to do is be quiet and wait.
(d) Colored people should unite and revolt.

9. Why does Portia suddenly take up drinking and arrive at her father's house drunk?
(a) She and Highboy could not pay their rent and had to move.
(b) Her husband left her for another woman.
(c) Willie had both feet sawed off.
(d) She lost her job.

10. Who is the only person in Mick's "inside" room?
(a) Her father.
(b) Bubber.
(c) Mr. Singer.
(d) Carol Lombard.

11. What does Dr. Copeland say when Jake enters his bedroom?
(a) He asks him what he wants.
(b) He welcomes him inside.
(c) He tells him to get out.
(d) He gets up and shakes hands.

12. Where do Jake and Mr. Singer go in the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 13?
(a) Kelly's house.
(b) Dr. Copeland's house.
(c) The New York Cafe.
(d) Portia's house.

13. What does Harry ask Mick to do to get away and relieve the heat?
(a) Go to the YMCA pool.
(b) To go on a picnic and swimming.
(c) Swim in the river.
(d) Go to the country club pool.

14. What does Biff do to the bedroom after Alice dies?
(a) He scrubbs the floor.
(b) He keeps it exactly the same.
(c) He remodels it.
(d) He paints the room.

15. After remembering that Mr. Singer is dead, what does Jake do when he realizes he won't be able to talk to the person he'd like to?
(a) Writes some articles.
(b) Reads the newspaper.
(c) He returns to his room, packs his suitcase and leaves.
(d) Takes a nap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Copeland lack the strength to do?

2. What does Mr. Singer do to occupy himself when he misses Antonapoulos?

3. Who does Mr. Singer meet as he walks the streets before catching his train home?

4. What happens when Jake asks for the names of the guards that hurt Willie?

5. What happens after the Jake and Dr. Copeland talked most the night?

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