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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does F. Jasmin escape the solider?
(a) She sneaks out by the fire escape and goes home.
(b) She sneaks out the window and goes to Bernice's house.
(c) She sneaks out the front door and goes home.
(d) She sneaks out of a side door and goes to Bernice's house.

2. What does F. Jasmin recall for Bernice's mom?
(a) Evelyn Owen.
(b) Stealing a pocketknife from Sears and Roebuck.
(c) The solider that she met from the Blue Moon.
(d) A dream in which she faced an opening door.

3. While trying to resist the solider, what does F. Jasmin do to buy herself some time?
(a) She tells him that she has to use the bathroom.
(b) She offers to get them something to drink.
(c) She bits his tongue.
(d) She steps on his foot.

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

5. While on her date with the solider, what time does the soldier tell F. Jasmin that the band starts to play?
(a) 11:00 pm.
(b) 10:00 pm.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 9:00 pm.

6. In the kitchen, what does Bernice do to try to calm F. Jasmin down after she is agitated?
(a) Bernice slaps F. Jasmin.
(b) Bernice shakes F. Jasmin.
(c) Bernice pours cold water over her head.
(d) Bernice insists that she rest.

7. What type of dress does F. Jasmin plan on wearing to the wedding?
(a) A spaghetti strap gown.
(b) A strapless gown.
(c) A long sleeved gown.
(d) A gown with a long train.

8. How does F. Jasmin knock the solider out?
(a) She breaks a glass water pitcher over his head.
(b) She hits him in the head with a baseball bat.
(c) She hits him over the head with a water basin.
(d) She hits him over the head with a lead pipe.

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

10. According to Bernice's mother, what are F. Jasmin's two lucky numbers?
(a) Four and Sixteen.
(b) Two and Fifteen.
(c) Ten and Tweleve.
(d) Six and Thirteen.

11. What does F. Jasmin stop to look at on her way to Bernice's house?
(a) The jail.
(b) The school house.
(c) The department store.
(d) The Blue Moon.

12. While talking to John Henry after her date, what does Frankie eat to get the disgust in her mouth to go away?
(a) A tablespoon of sugar.
(b) A bowl full of grapes.
(c) Six tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk.
(d) A handful of raisins.

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

14. What food is not at F. Jasmin's last dinner with Bernice and John Henry?
(a) Fried fresh-water trout.
(b) Corn bread.
(c) Hot baked sweet potatoes.
(d) Buttermilk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character says, "That's a sweet dress you got on. And them silver shoes! And silk stockings! You look like a regular grown girl"?

2. Which one of Bernice's husbands was an alcoholic?

3. What does Bernice's mom ask F. Jasmin to recall?

4. What time does F. Jasmin's last dinner with Bernice and John Henry end?

5. How did Ludie die?

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