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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. With which of the following does the main text of the novel conclude?
(a) “He waved his arms wide, and the old man and I waited with our kin for him to join us.”
(b) “I remain so grateful for her important scholarship.”
(c) “The people. The folks. Their songs.”
(d) “The question is my breath.”

2. What is the title of the public lecture Ailey is obliged to attend?
(a) “Race Relations during the Cotton Boll Weevil Plague in Mississippi.”
(b) “Repercussions of the Cotton Gin in North Carolina.”
(c) “Race Relations during the Peach Tree Plague in Georgia.”
(d) “Race Relations during the Cotton Boll Weevil Plague in Alabama.”

3. At which of the following does Jeffers teach?
(a) Routledge College.
(b) Oklahoma State University.
(c) University of Oklahoma.
(d) Fisk University.

4. In what North Carolina city does Ailey live while attending graduate school?
(a) Acorn.
(b) Hazelnut.
(c) Walnut.
(d) Pecan.

5. To which of the following societies was Jeffers elected a member?
(a) African-American Scholars’ Union.
(b) American Academy of Arts and Letters.
(c) Modern Language Association.
(d) American Antiquarian Society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oludara’s initial offer of pay to Ailey?

2. How many monographs does Whitcomb have?

3. Whom of the following sells Leena to Samuel?

4. In what year does Samuel win a land lottery in Georgia?

5. On which day of Kwanzaa does Scooter deliver a television to Ailey?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ailey address Rebecca’s questions about the Pinchard descent of her own family?

2. Why do the women enslaved at Wood Place hesitate to tend to Nick?

3. How does Rebecca regard Ailey’s presence in their common graduate program?

4. How does Ailey react to the work she does in the archives for Oludara?

5. What bias does Ailey note is at work among the interviewers for the Federal Writers’ Project?

6. How does Ailey arrive at the idea of attending graduate school?

7. To what labor is Gideon put after being transported to what would become Georgia?

8. What explanation is given in the novel for the hindered growth of many enslaved women and girls?

9. What advice does Oludara offer Ailey about selecting an advisor for her doctoral program?

10. Why does Root note having avoided reading the Pinchard family papers?

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