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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To popularize the carnival, the carnival owners place coupons in the paper; if children bring them for "children's day" they can get what?
(a) Free lemonade.
(b) Free cookies.
(c) Free rides.
(d) Free entrance.

2. What did Sandy find out?
(a) His Aunt Harriet had become a somewhat famous blues singer in St. Louis.
(b) His Aunt Harriet was a famous Hollywood actress.
(c) His Aunt Harriet had been arrested again.
(d) His Aunt Harriet was a world-famous artist.

3. Sandy came down with what illness?
(a) The measles.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) The flu.
(d) The mumps.

4. The story then flashes back _______ days when Sandy came home from work.
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. Why had Tempy been embarrassed of Hager?
(a) Because she attended a black church.
(b) Because she had an accent.
(c) Because she wore an apron wherever she went.
(d) Because she was not educated.

6. What job is Sandy offered?
(a) Working as a bellhop's assistant at Drummer's hotel.
(b) Working as a shampoo boy at a barber-shop.
(c) Working as a shoe-shine boy at Drummer's hotel.
(d) Working as a taxi driver.

7. What is the first thing Tempy gives Sandy?
(a) A hug.
(b) A hot meal.
(c) A present.
(d) His own room and furniture.

8. Annjee said that she had found Sandy a job working as what at a Chicago hotel?
(a) An assistant manager.
(b) A coat-checker.
(c) A shoe-shine.
(d) A bell-hop.

9. Harriet says that __________________, black people cannot let brains go to waste.
(a) In a white man's world.
(b) In a world full of hatred and greed.
(c) With all the problems in the world.
(d) With the intelligence found in the black community.

10. Hager argues that while whites hate blacks and blacks hate whites, hatred makes what ugly?
(a) The body.
(b) The country.
(c) The soul.
(d) The family.

11. Why was it surprising to find Aunt Hager this way?
(a) She never cries.
(b) She cannot sing.
(c) She is never this happy.
(d) This was unheard of behavior for her.

12. What did Sandy do while he was sick?
(a) He slept a lot.
(b) He wrote a novel.
(c) He started reading all of Tempy's books and magazines.
(d) He wrote poetry.

13. Hager dies and a large funeral is held with Tempy's high-class friends and who else?
(a) Hager's friends.
(b) Harriett's friends from the Bottoms.
(c) The neighbors.
(d) The family.

14. For how long did Sandy have this illness?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Three weeks.

15. What happens when Sandy's school comes up during their discussion with Harriet?
(a) Annjee again discourages Sandy.
(b) Annjee again teases Sandy.
(c) Annjee again ignores the topic.
(d) Annjee again encourages Sandy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sandy is--somewhat unofficially--dating who?

2. Sandy goes to work during the winter and overhears many stories and meets many people, learning to do what?

3. When Sandy tires of listening to the other men, what does he do?

4. In 'Beware of Women' Tempy complains that Sandy is doing what?

5. On another occasion, who did Sandy see naked?

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