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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Min feel about Mrs. Hedges?
(a) Min thinks Mrs. Hedges is a dangerous companion.
(b) Min thinks Mrs. Hedges is a smart business woman.
(c) Min thinks Mrs. Hedges is a nosy busybody.
(d) Min likes Mrs. Hedges.

2. How does Jones feel about Mrs. Hedges?
(a) He likes her more than anyone in the neighborhood.
(b) He strongly dislikes her.
(c) He doesn't pay much attention to her.
(d) He thinks she's a valuable member of the community.

3. As she exists the train on her way to the butcher shop, how does Lutie account for many of her problems?
(a) Lutie blames most of her problems on her husband.
(b) Lutie feels like her problems are only temporary.
(c) Lutie feels like all of her problems would fade if she had more money.
(d) Lutie feels like the majority of her problems have to do with Bub.

4. What worries Lutie about Boots' driving?
(a) He is a slow driver.
(b) He is a risky driver.
(c) He is driving in the rain.
(d) He is driving without his glasses.

5. How might the relationship between Mrs. Chandler and Lutie be described?
(a) Mrs. Chandler's behavior did not differ privately or publicly.
(b) Mrs. Chandler ignored Lutie in private and paid special attention to her in public.
(c) Mrs. Chandler behaved angrily in private and pretended to be nice to Lutie in public.
(d) Mrs. Chandler seemed to be Lutie's friend in private, but then publicly dismissed her to establish Lutie's status as the hired help.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jones discover when he gets home from Lutie's?

2. Where does Lutie head after Mrs. Hedges has made her proposition?

3. Who approaches Lutie just as she is about to leave Junto's?

4. Which of the following is a job Jones has held?

5. How do the orchestra members behave toward Lutie after they hear her sing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lutie first begins to measure people and their intentions in Chapter 1. How do you rate Lutie's ability to read people? Do you think she is accurate in her summations?

2. Describe what Junto's means to the different people in the neighborhood.

3. Chapter 1 outlines the dynamics of Lutie's household. Lutie's father's girlfriend, Lil, has Bub lighting her cigarettes and tasting her gin. How does Lil's behavior reflect and amplify Lutie's fears for her son?

4. How did the white bartenders treat the patrons of Junto's? How did this treatment differ from the treatment they received in the workforce?

5. How does the stolen purse incident reflect the theme of the book?

6. Lutie secures the job at the Chandlers', but she is unable to share her joy with her husband. Why is this?

7. How does Min's relationship with Jones reflect the relationships in her past?

8. Chapter 1 opens with the description of a cold and windy day in New York City. Why might the author have chosen to describe the wind through personification?

9. In Chapter 1, what idea does the author hope to represent with the shrinking canary, dog, and woman in Jones' apartment?

10. Boots treats Lutie as if she were prey. Does Lutie behaves as prey? Explain.

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