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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what color is the pianist at Frenchy’s dressed?
(a) Navy.
(b) Maroon.
(c) Khaki.
(d) Charcoal.

2. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) Lulu Wilson’s Maw.
(b) Auntie Editor Diana Pho.
(c) Zora Neale Hurston.
(d) Lulu Wilson’s Paw.

3. What color is the truck Maryse, Chef, and Sadie use?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

4. To whom is the end of the first Klan ascribed in the novel?
(a) Robert Smalls.
(b) Thomas Dixon.
(c) Nathan Bedford Forrest.
(d) William Joseph Simmons.

5. On which of the following did Michael George seek to work?
(a) Hoover Dam.
(b) Panama Canal.
(c) Brooklyn Bridge.
(d) Erie Canal.

6. Which of the following languages does Michael George speak?
(a) Creole.
(b) Papiamentu.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Dutch.

7. Which of the following games does Sadie note wanting to play?
(a) Hearts.
(b) Spades.
(c) Poker.
(d) Rummy.

8. Of which of the following does Butcher Clyde sing?
(a) Duke of Dubuque.
(b) Duke of Edinburgh.
(c) Duke of York.
(d) Duke of Earl.

9. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?
(a) Cleo Wadley, Jr.
(b) DJ Screw.
(c) Uncle Will.
(d) Claude McKay.

10. From where comes the whiskey Maryse, Chef, and Sadie find in Macon?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Kentucky.

11. Which of the following streets carries streetcars in the novel?
(a) Orange.
(b) Apple.
(c) Lemon.
(d) Cherry.

12. To which of the following does Butcher Clyde compare Maryse?
(a) Brass.
(b) Electrum.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Steel.

13. Which of the following dishes does Chef note having eaten in France?
(a) Pate de foie gras.
(b) Boeuf Bourguignon.
(c) Coq au vin.
(d) Steak tartare.

14. From which of the following does Michael George hail?
(a) Barbados.
(b) St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
(c) Martinique.
(d) St. Lucia.

15. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “The parade dies away as we leave downtown Macon.”
(b) “You ever seen a Klan march?”
(c) “The music at Frenchy’s so loud I feel it on my insides.”
(d) “I’m near Cherry and Third in downtown Macon.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how large is the city of Macon’s population in the novel?

2. With which of the following does Chef bait Ku Kluxers in Macon?

3. In which of the following actions did Chef serve?

4. What color of trouser does Maryse wear to Butcher Clyde’s shop?

5. About which city does the pianist at Frenchy’s sing?

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