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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aunt Mary's factory make leather trimmings for?
(a) Shoes
(b) Fur coats
(c) Hats
(d) Chairs

2. What material is the boy's father's clothes made from?
(a) PCP
(b) Leather
(c) Cotton
(d) Foil

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

4. Where did Ruth's family live when they first arrived in America?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) Denver
(c) San Francisco
(d) New York

5. Where does Ruth take her children shopping?
(a) Greenwich Village
(b) Manhatten's Lower East Side
(c) Brooklyn
(d) The Bronx

6. What did Hunter die of?
(a) Cancer
(b) A stroke
(c) A broken heart
(d) Brain disease

7. What does Ruth says she suffers from because of her grandfather's death?
(a) Fear of the dark
(b) Fear of death
(c) Claustrophobia
(d) Hay fever

8. What color does one of James' brother's decide he wants to be?
(a) Orange
(b) Green
(c) Red
(d) Yellow

9. What is the name of the main character?
(a) John Hurt
(b) Gordon Brown
(c) Philip McBride
(d) James McBride

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

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

12. Why does James hit the boy?
(a) For a bet
(b) He is bored
(c) He is afraid for his mother
(d) He wants to see him cry

13. What color packets does the BC powder come in?
(a) Purple
(b) Red and green
(c) Yellow
(d) Blue and white

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

15. What city does Sam leave for?
(a) San Francisco
(b) Chicago
(c) New York
(d) Los Angeles

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does James say his older siblings revere?

2. What is the name of Jack's husband?

3. Who does Ruth's father think is trying to steal from him?

4. What did James' father die of?

5. What group is the boy's father part of?

(see the answer keys)

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