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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. What does Jimmy hope to lead a protest regarding in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 2)?
(a) The lack of a school for blacks.
(b) The unavailability of accessible public restrooms and water fountains for blacks.
(c) The forcing of blacks to sit at the back of the bus.
(d) The segregation of black and white schools.

2. What has led to the decline of the Samson Plantation in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 1)?
(a) The leasing of land to the Cajuns.
(b) The foreclosures of banks.
(c) Samson's suicide.
(d) The disappearance of a black labor force.

3. What word from the narrative refers to a piece of furniture with drawers on one side and hanging space on the other?
(a) Chateau.
(b) Chifforobe.
(c) Foyer.
(d) Atrium.

4. When was Huey P. Long assassinated?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1935.

5. Where does Jimmy say he wants to bring the protests in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 2)?
(a) Little Rock.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Bayonne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives to lead the crowd on their march in the end of Book 4: The Quarters (Part 2)?

2. Where does Jimmy Aaaron's mother move away to find work in Book 4: The Quarters (Part 1)?

3. Who retrieves a letter from the table by where Tee Bob's body is discovered in "The Samson House"?

4. When was Huey P. Long born?

5. How does Mary Agnes describe her injuries to the sheriff in "The Samson House"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what endeavor does Jimmy solicit Jane's help in Book 4: The Quarters?

2. How is Jimmy's planned march "set up" in Book 4: The Quarters?

3. What theme is illustrated through Tee Bob's death in the novel?

4. How has the narrative style of the novel changed in Book 4: The Quarters?

5. Who discovers Mary Agnres in the end of "Robert and Mary"? How is she discovered?

6. What does Jimmy Aaron reveal during a church service after his return to the plantation? How is his message received?

7. How would you describe the Creoles' position and stance in regard to race relations?

8. What does Jane remark about leaders in the beginning of Book 4: The Quarters?

9. How is the theme of slavery versus freedom explored in Book 4: The Quarters?

10. What happens when Jimmy Caya arrives at the Samson home in "The Samson House"?

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