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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who works in Mrs. Kennedy's garden that Lala encounters for a second time in Chapter 21?
(a) Adan.
(b) Betsy.
(c) Grayson.
(d) Tone.

2. Who is Wilma's employer?
(a) Mr. Reeds.
(b) Mrs. Whalen.
(c) Mrs. Kennedy.
(d) Mrs. Grayson.

3. Why was Adan robbing Peter Whalen's house to begin with?
(a) To get the money to go to America.
(b) To get the money for Baby's funeral.
(c) To get the money for a drug deal.
(d) To get the money for Tone to finally go to college.

4. What is one reason for Mira's extreme unhappiness in Chapter 19?
(a) She is very ill.
(b) She is lonely and feels she has no real friends or family.
(c) She is trapped in the house by evil spirits, she believes.
(d) She is broke.

5. When does Sergeant Beckles first meet the Queen of Sheba?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1988.

6. What gnaws at Tone even after he is punished for beating others?
(a) His guilt.
(b) His poverty.
(c) The Thing He Can Not Name.
(d) His sorrow over his lost baby with Lala.

7. How long does Tone go to jail for in Chapter 23?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 1 year.

8. What type of woman is the Queen of Sheba to Sergeant Beckles?
(a) The type he could kill.
(b) The type he would build a house for.
(c) The type he would marry.
(d) The type he would ruin.

9. Who does Tone beat badly during a football game?
(a) Fred.
(b) Rishin.
(c) Adan.
(d) Fish Brown.

10. Which neighbor of Adan's is convinced he is a bad seed?
(a) Ms. Haverford.
(b) Ms. Jenny.
(c) Ms. Hattie.
(d) Ms. Nancy.

11. What does Lala take to work with Wilma with her sometimes?
(a) Books.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) Ice cream.
(d) A mannequin head to practice braiding on.

12. Where are the drugs Adan is proposing trafficking coming from?
(a) Cuba.
(b) Hartford.
(c) Venice.
(d) Vincy.

13. Who does Lala approach on the beach after Adan beats her in Chapter 18?
(a) Grayson and Mira.
(b) Wilma.
(c) Sergeant Beckles.
(d) Tone.

14. What does Tone show Lala in Chapter 22 that he has shown almost no one else?
(a) The sea inlet where dolphins gather.
(b) The caves and tunnels.
(c) The cliffs.
(d) The mountains.

15. Who does Adan talk about incessantly and inappropriately following Baby's funeral?
(a) Jacinthe.
(b) Grayson.
(c) Mira.
(d) The Queen of Sheba.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tone prefer to his gardening job?

2. What does Adan take from Dr. Thompson's daughter in Chapter 13?

3. What does Mira think the children's eyes hold as they hug her goodbye when they leave with their own mother?

4. Who does Esme eventually marry?

5. How does Sergeant Beckles live, as Jones describes it in Chapter 16?

(see the answer keys)

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