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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 travel to at the end of this chapter?
(a) Louisville
(b) Suffolk
(c) Poland
(d) Harlem

2. What kind of job does Ruth find in this chapter?
(a) Manicurist
(b) Preacher
(c) Organ player
(d) Usher

3. Where does Ruth move to after Delaware?
(a) Kentucky
(b) Virginia
(c) Philadephia
(d) New Jersey

4. What is the name of Ruth's younger sister in this chapter?
(a) Lauren
(b) Dee Dee
(c) Freda
(d) Janice

5. Where does Ruth get a job when she returns to New York?
(a) A plastic factory
(b) A bank
(c) A cafe
(d) A glass factory

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does David work?

2. Where does Ruth find a job in this chapter?

3. Who taught James to drive?

4. What do people presume all white girls in Harlem are?

5. Who does James take his mother to see in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does James say he had as a child of mixed race?

2. Summarize the book.

3. What does Aubrey Rubenstein tell James in Chapter 22?

4. How have Ruth's parents lives changed?

5. Describe Andrew and Ruth's relationship.

6. What problems do Ruth and Andrew have getting married?

7. Describe the character of Andrew.

8. How does Andrew help Ruth get over her mother's death?

9. Describe the blood sacrifice of a chicken.

10. How does Ruth cope with her abortion?

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