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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 – 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first book by Martin Luther King Jr.?
(a) The Measure of a Man.
(b) Strength to Love.
(c) Stride Toward Freedom.
(d) Why We Can't Wait.

2. When did Nev's mother die?
(a) March 2, 1969.
(b) March 24, 1968.
(c) June 4, 1967.
(d) April 12, 1966.

3. Where are some of Virgil's ancestors from, according to Opal in her interview?
(a) Haiti.
(b) Guinea.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Nepal.

4. Who was hired to play keyboard on the Polychrome recording?
(a) Solomon Krebble.
(b) John Squine.
(c) LaTasha Prather.
(d) Steve Pratt.

5. Nev's lost tune "Black Coffee" ended up on the soundtrack for what controversial 2001 movie-musical?
(a) Rock Away.
(b) Center Rising.
(c) The Jungle.
(d) El Paso.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years apart were Opal and her sister born?

2. Who was Nev's first piano teacher?

3. With whom did Opal live when she first moved to New York in 1970?

4. Into what neighborhood did Nev move when he first relocated to New York?

5. What was the second song that Nev sang for Opal when he met with her alone at her family's apartment to get her to sign with him?

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