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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is John's mood as he leaves the house?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Defeated.

2. What is Mattie's response to Jeff's telling her that he asked Ann to marry him?
(a) She is not happy at all
(b) She is very happy.
(c) She tries to act happy.
(d) She thinks the idea will grow on her.

3. What does Mo deride Jeff for regarding Jeff's vision?
(a) Jeff lacks the ambition.
(b) Fighting for black rights through the legal system.
(c) He is too stupid to make it happen.
(d) Jeff is no good at negotiating.

4. How much gratitude did Mattie's sisters show for what John and Mattie did for them.
(a) None.
(b) They are helping others as they were helped.
(c) They are paying them back.
(d) They paid them back in full.

5. Who from Mattie's family moved in with Mattie and John years ago?
(a) Mattie's two cousins.
(b) Mattie's two sisters.
(c) Mattie's father.
(d) Mattie's uncle.

6. For what event do Mattie and Grandma plan to go shopping?
(a) Jeff's graduation.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Jeff's welcome home party.
(d) John's birthday.

7. What does Grandma think is Ann's plan?
(a) Get Jeff back into a gang.
(b) Rob the house.
(c) Turn Jeff against his family.
(d) Trap Jeff into marriage.

8. What does Mattie think is a big problem with her family?
(a) Alcohol abuse.
(b) Bad tempers.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Lack of education.

9. What is the name of John's poem?
(a) Rollin' on the River.
(b) The River Niger.
(c) The River is Wide.
(d) The Tigres River.

10. What does Jeff do when Chips antagonizes Ann?
(a) Renounces their friendship.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Threatens to kill him.
(d) Kicks him out of the house.

11. What element becomes almost human as it appears in the play?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Music.
(c) Light.
(d) Street noise.

12. What drug does Skeeter take at the house?
(a) Vicodin.
(b) Crack.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Marijuana.

13. What relieves Gail's mind?
(a) Jeff agrees to talk to Mo.
(b) She found an apartment.
(c) She got a new job.
(d) She got good medical test results.

14. Why are Mattie and Grandma so happy?
(a) Grandma got good medical test results.
(b) Jeff has come home.
(c) They like their new neighbors.
(d) They got good deals on Christmas gifts.

15. What does John ask Jeff to do when he sees him?
(a) Put on his uniform.
(b) Go have a beer with him.
(c) Watch a baseball game on TV.
(d) Hug him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Jeff rather do than re-join the gang?

2. Where will Mattie have the biopsies done?

3. Who does Mattie not want to know about her condition?

4. How old is Grandma?

5. Who comes to the house to talk to John?

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