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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is not one of the rules of Guitar's organization?
(a) No sex
(b) No smoking
(c) No drinking
(d) No late nights

2. The person who is killed in Guitar's organization must be killed in a ______ way to that of the original murder.
(a) Bloodier
(b) Similar
(c) Different
(d) Opposite

3. What is so special about the item in #74?
(a) It has a treasure in the back
(b) It contains gold
(c) It is the resting place of his father
(d) It contains a map

4. Where does Milkman go to hide from Hagar?
(a) Macon's
(b) The rental office
(c) Shalimar
(d) Guitar's

5. What do Macon and Pilate find as they try to bury the man who is killed?
(a) A green sack with 3 pieces of gold in it
(b) Bones
(c) A book
(d) A bottle of liquor

6. What does Hagar bring as the murder weapon for Milkman's murder?
(a) A huge butcher's knife
(b) Poison
(c) Wire
(d) A hammer

7. What does Milkman realize as Hagar tries to kill him and fails?
(a) That she is only teasing
(b) That she is insane
(c) That she cannot kill him
(d) That she is blind

8. Where are Guitar and Milkman at the beginning of this chapter?
(a) The barbershop
(b) Milkman's office
(c) Mary's bar
(d) Guitar's house

9. What does Macon Dead do for work?
(a) Real estate agent
(b) Handyman
(c) Landlord
(d) Insurance agent

10. Who has Milkman been sleeping with for some time?
(a) Pilate
(b) Reba
(c) Susan
(d) Hagar

11. Who is trying to fly at the start of the novel?
(a) Macon
(b) Solomon
(c) Robert Smith
(d) Milkman

12. Who does Milkman's best friend goad Milkman into visiting?
(a) Judy
(b) Pilate
(c) Reba
(d) Ruth

13. What is Milkman's aunt doing when he comes up to her house?
(a) Cleaning
(b) Sleeping
(c) Smoking
(d) Chewing on berries

14. Who picks up a rock and kills the white man where Macon and Pilate decide to sleep?
(a) Ruth
(b) Pilate
(c) Circe
(d) Macon

15. What does Hagar want to do in response to Milkman's breakup?
(a) Kill him
(b) Move away
(c) Find a new man
(d) Nothing

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Macon do to keep Milkman out of trouble?

2. Where does Hagar hit Milkman?

3. Who scares Macon away from the cave and hinders him from leaving with the item in #82?

4. Which of these women does not sing in the group when Milkman visits?

5. To where do Macon and Pilate escape instead of staying in their hiding place?

(see the answer keys)

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