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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30, 31 and 32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would be an accurate description as to how Laura is described in Chapter 3?
(a) Slovenly.
(b) Joyful and meek.
(c) Sad and homely.
(d) Attractive and sexual.

2. As Laura leaves, what is she hoping?
(a) That Essie doesn't bring her daughter there.
(b) That a favorite of her many men friends will visit that night.
(c) To win the next ten thousand dollar pot at the tracks.
(d) That Essie will reconsider.

3. What does Laura hear two women saying about Buddy?
(a) That he has secretly married a woman much younger than he.
(b) That he has left New York.
(c) That a handsome man like him is a "cross to bear" for the woman in his life.
(d) That he has taken over the west side gambling.

4. How does Buddy describe Marty?
(a) As a white boy who thinks he's conning the people of Harlem.
(b) As a white man who is in the know.
(c) As the power behind the throne all over Harlem.
(d) As a white man who is a friend to Negros.

5. What do CJ and Marietta want to do after the church service?
(a) Go to the movies.
(b) Go get hamburgers.
(c) Go to the Jazz festival.
(d) Go to some friends' home for board games.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laura do to gain the church space?

2. Who spends less time at the apartment after Marietta moves in?

3. What does going "North" mean to Southern Blacks at the time of this story?

4. What does Laura think about the Lord's help?

5. What plan do Laura and Buddy devise?

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