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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Harriet supposed to come home?
(a) It is late.
(b) Hager is very sick.
(c) She said she would come home.
(d) The red-light district is no place for her.

2. What happened to Jimboy's guitar?
(a) It was stolen.
(b) It had to be sold.
(c) It is broken.
(d) It was sold to buy a better guitar.

3. In 'Beware of Women' Tempy complains that Sandy is doing what?
(a) Hanging out with the wrong crowd.
(b) Not studying enough.
(c) Wasting his time in school.
(d) Not doing well in school.

4. Why does Annjee say she needs Sandy's help?
(a) Since she is very busy at work.
(b) Since she became ill.
(c) Since she misses him.
(d) Since Jimboy was gone.

5. Harriet reminds Annjee of whose great dreams for Sandy?
(a) Sister Johnson's.
(b) Tempy's.
(c) Aunt Hager's.
(d) Jimboy's.

6. Why does Sandy go to the red-light district?
(a) To find his friends.
(b) To learn about sex.
(c) To find Harriet and give her a message.
(d) He is lost.

7. His journey to Chicago had excited him. How did Sandy feel about Chicago when he arrived?
(a) He found Chicago to be the worst place he had ever been.
(b) He found Chicago less glamorous than the old black men in Stanton had described to him.
(c) He found Chicago to be just as exciting as the old black men in Stanton had described to him.
(d) He found Chicago to be just like Stanton.

8. Tempy sent Sandy to wire Annjee to let her know that Hager was sick. Why did the news not reach Annjee at this time?
(a) She did not pick up her telegram.
(b) The address was no good.
(c) Sandy forgot her address.
(d) Hager died before Sandy could get a message wired to Annjee.

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

10. They received a note from Annjee saying that she and Jimboy had moved where and both had jobs?
(a) To Cleveland.
(b) To Cincinnati.
(c) To Toledo.
(d) To Indianapolis.

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

12. Sandy is--somewhat unofficially--dating who?
(a) Poinsetta.
(b) Polly.
(c) Peggy.
(d) Pansetta.

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

14. Whose writings moved Sandy?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Those of W.E.B. du Bois.
(c) Harriet Tubman.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hager was eulogized in the newspaper as how?

2. Why did Hager stay with Miss Jeanne?

3. When Sandy came home from work, how did he find Aunt Hager?

4. What had Tempy's employer left her as a token of her appreciation?

5. In "Note to Harriett", Sandy is traveling to _____________ or the red-light district of Stanton.

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