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

2. What kind of people do James and friends mug?
(a) Mothers
(b) Old ladies
(c) Politicians
(d) School friends

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

4. Who does Ruth's father think is trying to steal from him?
(a) Blacks
(b) Jews
(c) Orphans
(d) School children

5. What kind of water animal does Ruth say Frances' family ate?
(a) Turtles
(b) Fish
(c) Sharks
(d) Whales

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week does Hunter always arrive at their house?

2. What kind of shops are in Manhattan's Lower East Side?

3. What is the name of Ruth's brother?

4. What kind of animal does Sam have to feed in the mornings?

5. What state does Jacqueline live in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the 1960s black power affect James in Chapter 3?

2. How did Ruth and her family live in America when they first arrived?

3. In what way was church always a joyous affair for both James and his mother?

4. How does Sam's leaving home affect Ruth?

5. What are the problems in dating Peter?

6. Describe Sam's life.

7. How does Ruth respond when James asks what color God is?

8. How do things begin to go downhill for James when Hunter Jordan dies?

9. Describe the household James was brought up in.

10. Why did James think his mother was strange?

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