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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of the story "Justice"?
(a) Hinds County, Mississippi.
(b) Leake County, Mississippi.
(c) Tallahatchie County, Mississippi.
(d) Yazoo County, Mississippi.

2. The third development of the Ku Klux Klan developed just after what?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) World War I.

3. What is the name of the sac in which the fetus develops?
(a) Natal sac.
(b) Fataliacal sac.
(c) Amniotic sac.
(d) Baby sac.

4. What is Lester's last name in "The 11:59"?
(a) Stevens.
(b) Talmadge.
(c) Simmons.
(d) Thompson.

5. What refers to a person who professes an ability to perceive information hidden from the normal senses through extrasensory perception?
(a) Gypsy.
(b) Magician.
(c) Psychic.
(d) Illusionist.

6. What position were black employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company not eligible for promotion as it was reserved for whites?
(a) Porter.
(b) Groundskeeper.
(c) Conductor.
(d) Pilot.

7. "We Organized" is based on the oral histories documented in the Slave Narratives from when?
(a) The 1930s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1920s.
(d) The 1940s.

8. What is Esau's last name in "The Sight"?
(a) Murphy.
(b) Manuel.
(c) Mitchell.
(d) Mayes.

9. What is the name of the labor union associated with the Pullman Palace Car Company?
(a) International Brotherhood of Railworkers.
(b) International Brotherhood of Hospitality Workers.
(c) Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.
(d) Brotherhood of Guest Services Workers.

10. Where does Lester lock himself in "The 11:59"?
(a) The station house.
(b) The porter house.
(c) A train car.
(d) His apartment.

11. Who owns the gas station in town in "Justice"?
(a) Riley Granger.
(b) Alvin Tinsley.
(c) Hoop Granger.
(d) Riley Holt.

12. When did the Pullman Strike take place?
(a) 1894.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1888.

13. When did the second development of the Ku Klux Klan flourish nationwide in the U.S.?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1900s.
(d) 1920s.

14. Where is the slave from which the plantation owner offends in "We Organized"?
(a) Liberia.
(b) South Africa.
(c) The Congo.
(d) Egypt.

15. When did George Pullman establish his company?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1851.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1862.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Esau announce that he could not be happier in his life in "The Sight"?

2. Whose mother died the day he was born in "The Legend of Pin Oak"?

3. What title does Henri hold at the Pin Oak Plantation?

4. From what do the slaves hang an item from the plantation owner's clothing in "We Organized"?

5. Where does a fire take place in "The Sight"?

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