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

2. Who beats Esau's father in "The Sight"?
(a) Esau's uncle.
(b) Men he owes money to.
(c) The train conductor.
(d) Esau's mother.

3. Who received ownership of Pin Oak Plantation after his father died?
(a) Charlemae.
(b) Harper McAvoy.
(c) Henri.
(d) Amos McAvoy.

4. To what do the slaves pin an item from the plantation owner's clothing in "We Organized"?
(a) A horse.
(b) A doll.
(c) A door.
(d) A tree.

5. In what Classical work is the mythological Ajax notable for his abundant strength and courage, seen particularly in two fights with Hector?
(a) The Odyssey
(b) The Homeric Hymns.
(c) The Iliad.
(d) The Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sound does Lester hear after leaving his friends to head home in "The 11:59"?

2. Who was Henri's father in "The Legend of Pin Oak"?

3. When did the second development of the Ku Klux Klan flourish nationwide in the U.S.?

4. What does the slave owner begin to hear in his head after the "spell" by the slaves in "We Organized"?

5. How many employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages, which led to the Pullman Strike?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Esau injure himself in "The Sight"? Does he reach his family in time?

2. What does Hoop experience after the murder of Alvin Tinsley in "Justice"?

3. Who researches the story of Henri in "The Legend of Pin Oak" years later? What does she find?

4. What happens on Esau's birthday as an adult in "The Sight"?

5. How is the slave master described in "We Organized"? What does he do to cause the slaves to rise against him?

6. How is Lester Simmons described in "The 11:59"?

7. Upon what stories is "We Organized" derived?

8. Who does Hoop organize in "Justice"? What do they do?

9. Who is found murdered in "Justice"? Who points the police in the direction of Alvin Tinsley?

10. What leads Hoop to confess in "Justice"? What happens to the windows?

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