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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character warns, "Sure enough. I'm perfectly serious. It don't do you any good to mess around between Forks Falls and this town. I've seen a whole lot of pictures of Cubans and Mexicans. They have a good time"?
(a) Honey.
(b) Bernice.
(c) John Henry.
(d) F. Jasmin.

2. What color is the dress that F. Jasmin plans on wearing to the wedding?
(a) Orange.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Pink.
(d) Purple.

3. What does Bernice want F. Jasmin to channel her energy on?
(a) School work.
(b) Making new friends.
(c) Finding a beau of her own.
(d) Traveling around the world.

4. What no longer scares F. Jasmin now that she knows she is leaving?
(a) Sears & Roebuck.
(b) The Blue Moon.
(c) The jail.
(d) The girls' club.

5. How long ago does Bernice say she met Ludie?
(a) 10 years ago.
(b) 5 years ago.
(c) 20 years ago.
(d) 30 years ago.

6. What was F. Jasmin's favorite food?
(a) Corn bread.
(b) Buttermilk.
(c) The ham knuckle.
(d) Hopping-john.

7. How did Ludie die?
(a) He drowned.
(b) In the military.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Cancer.

8. What is Bernice's mom's name?
(a) Mama B.
(b) Itsy Bitsy.
(c) Little Bits.
(d) Big Mama.

9. Where did Bernice and Ludie get married?
(a) Holy Redeemer Church.
(b) New First Baptist Church.
(c) New Bible Church.
(d) Welcome Ascension Church.

10. Who was Ludie Freeman?
(a) Bernice's second husband who cheated on her with another woman.
(b) Bernice's first husband and the only man she truely loved.
(c) Bernice's third husband who abused her.
(d) Bernice's fourth husband who was killed in the military.

11. What was John Henry doing when F. Jamsin eventually arrives home from her date?
(a) Playing cards with Bernice.
(b) Looking at bats around the street lights.
(c) Gazing at the stars.
(d) Eating leftovers from dinner.

12. According to the narrator, time in August could be divided into four parts. What is not one of those parts?
(a) Light.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Morning.
(d) Dark.

13. Which of the following was not on the parlor table at Bernice's house?
(a) A jellyglass of water.
(b) A dream book.
(c) A Cuban hat.
(d) A Bible.

14. Who was coming to visit Bernice on the night that F. Jasmin was at her home?
(a) T.T.
(b) Ludie.
(c) Honey.
(d) MacKern.

15. What street does Bernice live on?
(a) Goldberry.
(b) Perennial.
(c) Marigold.
(d) Chinaberry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What times does F. Jasmin begin to eat her last dinner with Bernice and John Henry?

2. What frustrates and frightens F. Jasmin at twilight on the day before the wedding while she is in the kitchen?

3. What did the streets in the middle of the town remind F. Jasmin of?

4. After telling F. Jasmin about her four marriages, what does Bernice warn F. Jasmin of?

5. How old is F. Jasmin's father?

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