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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news is related of Mary Agnes in "The Samson House"?
(a) She has been kidnapped.
(b) She has been murdered.
(c) She has been arrested.
(d) She has been sexually assaulted.

2. What word from the narrative refers to large, heavy shoes?
(a) Dinghies.
(b) Buckles.
(c) Jitneys.
(d) Clodhoppers.

3. When did Martin Luther King, Jr. lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1959.

4. Book 4: The Quarters (Part 1) opens with Jane's observation that people are always expecting what?
(a) To be led.
(b) To be wanted.
(c) To be free.
(d) To be forgiven.

5. In what sport was Joe Lewis renowned?
(a) Boxing.
(b) Football.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Basketball.

6. What was the term "creole" originally used for?
(a) To refer to native-born Louisianians.
(b) To refer to blacks in the Deep South.
(c) To refer to former slaves.
(d) To refer to early Christian settlers in the colonies.

7. When was Huey P. Long born?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1929.

8. What is destroyed in the flood described in “Of Men and Rivers”?
(a) The town temple.
(b) The hanging tree.
(c) Ned's schoolhouse.
(d) Jane's house.

9. Where was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
(a) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Oxford, Mississippi.

10. What word from the narrative refers to a Louisianan dish that is thickened with okra or file?
(a) Gumbo.
(b) Jambalaya.
(c) Ensalada.
(d) Parrain.

11. What does Mary Agnes deny when she is questioned by the sheriff in "The Samson House"?
(a) She denies being black.
(b) She denies marrying Tee Bob.
(c) She denies being raped.
(d) She denies being pregnant.

12. What word from "The Samson House" means to seize and carry off someone by force?
(a) Ravish.
(b) Asphyxiate.
(c) Extropate.
(d) Entrench.

13. What decade is it when Jane leaves the Samson Plantation?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1940s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1950s.

14. What organization did Martin Luther King, Jr. help found in 1957?
(a) The League for the Betterment of African Americans.
(b) The Youth and College League.
(c) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
(d) The Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

15. What is Mr. Samson's first name?
(a) James.
(b) Walter.
(c) Robert.
(d) Homer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Huey P. Long assassinated?

2. What is the name of Tee Bob's godfather?

3. Who goes with the sheriff to question Mary Agnes in "The Samson House"?

4. Who is Tee Bob's friend that he confesses his true attraction to at his engagement party?

5. What has Tee Bob been doing while he's been away in “A Flower in Winter”?

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