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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many siblings does Nev have?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

2. What was the first recorded song written by Nev?
(a) "Winding Road."
(b) "Rosy."
(c) "Black Coffee."
(d) "Lost."

3. Where did Opal grow up?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) New York.
(c) Newark.
(d) Detroit.

4. Who was the bassist for the Bond Brothers?
(a) Beau Bond.
(b) Cole Young.
(c) Chet Bond.
(d) Donny Pendle.

5. What is the name of Bob Hize's daughter that Sunny describes in Chapter 6?
(a) Melody Jorgensen.
(b) Sarah Willis.
(c) Anna Willoughby.
(d) Jennifer Pennington.

6. Who was the local elementary school teacher that ran a summer daycare when Opal and her sister were children?
(a) Mrs. Brewer.
(b) Mrs. Dennis.
(c) Mrs. Pennington.
(d) Mrs. Watkins.

7. The interview excerpt with Jimmy Curtis is from an article called "Class in Session" from what magazine on June 8, 1967?
(a) Rolling Stone.
(b) Upbeat.
(c) Aural.
(d) Downbeat.

8. Where did Opal work her only 9-5 job?
(a) Macy's.
(b) Brooks Brothers.
(c) AT&T.
(d) Michigan Bell.

9. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) "Copy the Right, People, and the Rest Falls in Place."
(b) "Flourish of Drama."
(c) "The Things Lonely Boys Do."
(d) "Thomas's Girl on Kilimanjaro."

10. Who recorded the original song "To Sir, with Love"?
(a) Lulu.
(b) Cher.
(c) Pam Ross.
(d) Madonna.

11. What is the name of the autoimmune condition that Opal suffers from?
(a) Alopecia areata.
(b) Myasthenia gravis.
(c) Hashimoto thyroiditis.
(d) Dermatomyositis.

12. When was Skulls in Their Wake released?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1974.

13. Who invited the Bond Brothers to film cameos in a biker B-movie called Skulls in Their Wake?
(a) New Guard Pictures.
(b) Road Ways Pictures.
(c) Enterprise Pictures.
(d) Highwayman Pictures.

14. In what off-Broadway show did Virgil play a character named Turpentine?
(a) A Raisin in the Sun.
(b) Bad Willie's Juju.
(c) To Sir, With Love.
(d) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

15. When does Sunny Shelton say her father fell in love with Opal Jewel in the Editor's Note that opens the novel?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used by Nev Charles in an interview refers to pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune?

2. What is the name of Opal's sister?

3. When did Cole Young die from liver cancer?

4. Where are some of Virgil's ancestors from, according to Opal in her interview?

5. Who took the iconic photograph of Opal and Nev that was featured in the New York Times after the riot that killed Sunny's father?

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