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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What religion was James' father?
(a) Christian
(b) Jewish
(c) Muslim
(d) Hindu

2. Who does James say he once robbed as a teenager?
(a) His best friend
(b) An old lady
(c) A drug dealer
(d) His mother

3. What did James' father die of?
(a) Measles
(b) Lung cancer
(c) Brain disease
(d) Polio

4. What kind of houses do the blacks in Suffolk live in?
(a) Apartments
(b) Mud huts
(c) Mansions
(d) Shacks

5. Who comes to meet James when his mother does not show up?
(a) His siblings
(b) His step father
(c) His father
(d) A rabbi

6. Where does Ruth's Aunt Betsy work?
(a) A bank
(b) A lingerie store
(c) A factory
(d) A cafe

7. What is Ruth's job at the bank?
(a) A clerk
(b) A cleaner
(c) A typist
(d) A manager

8. Who is the first person to find out about Ruth's pregnancy?
(a) Her mother
(b) Aunt Mary
(c) Frances
(d) Her father

9. What does Ruth's father keep behind the counter in his store?
(a) A gun
(b) A tomahawk
(c) Sweets
(d) A baseball bat

10. What does Ruth's father call the school she attends?
(a) A Jewish school
(b) A special school
(c) A gentile school
(d) An abnormal school

11. How does Frances show her support for Ruth at dinner?
(a) She does not eat
(b) She throws away Ruth's food
(c) She slaps her father
(d) She eats Ruth's food

12. Where do James' siblings say his real mother is?
(a) In jail
(b) In Germany
(c) In Poland
(d) In a grave

13. What state does Jacqueline live in?
(a) Kentucky
(b) Colorado
(c) Mississippi
(d) New York

14. What was Ruth's maiden name?
(a) Shilsky
(b) Jordan
(c) McBride
(d) Goldburg

15. What happened to black men who dated white women?
(a) They were imprisoned
(b) They were hanged
(c) They were ran out of town
(d) They were stoned

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ruth think her father married her mother?

2. What does Aunt Betsy arrange for Ruth?

3. Who does James say his older siblings revere?

4. What does James call his stepfather?

5. What do the muggers take from Ruth?

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