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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. Which of the following of Ruth's children do not go to Suffolk with her?
(a) Judy
(b) Billy
(c) Dennis
(d) James

2. What does Ruth receive a degree in?
(a) Mordern art
(b) Banking
(c) Copywriting
(d) Social work

3. What draws Ruth to Harlem?
(a) Food
(b) Prostitution
(c) Music
(d) Drugs

4. What celebrates its 40th anniversary in 1994?
(a) The New Brown Memorial Baptist Church
(b) The Jewish religion
(c) Ruth's father's store
(d) Harlem Jazz Club

5. Where does Ruth travel to at the end of this chapter?
(a) Louisville
(b) Poland
(c) Suffolk
(d) Harlem

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was James named after?

3. What is the name of the man whose father took over the Shilski's store?

4. What religion is Halina Wind?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How have Ruth's parents lives changed?

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

3. Describe Andrew and Ruth's relationship.

4. Why does Ruth go back to Virginia in Chapter 19?

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

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

7. Describe the wedding James and Ruth attend in this chapter.

8. Describe the character of Andrew.

9. How does James feel about his father?

10. Summarize the book.

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