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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. How old is Samuel Kingsley described as in the "Characters" section of “Samuel Kingsley: A Father’s History”?
(a) 45.
(b) 39.
(c) 43.
(d) 49.

2. What did Samuel Kingsley believe was his destiny, according to the narrator in “Samuel Kingsley: A History of Regret, Part 2”?
(a) Being a basketball player.
(b) Being a baker.
(c) Being famous.
(d) Being rich.

3. What colored hair does the mohawked couple have that Natasha sees arguing outside the train station?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Pink.
(d) Blue.

4. What college does Bev text Natasha to say that she loves and believes she is destined to attend?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Rutgers.
(c) NYU.
(d) Berkeley.

5. What does Daniel get from his father's store to put on his busted lip after the fight with his brother?
(a) A can of Coke.
(b) A bag of frozen peas.
(c) A beer.
(d) A can of Pepsi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song by ABBA does Daniel perform for Natasha at the karaoke bar?

2. Who is the girl that Rob cheated on Natasha with?

3. What does Natasha describe hanging from her friend Bev's ceiling in her bedroom?

4. What does the waitress refuse to bring to Natasha when she requests it at the restaurant where they have lunch?

5. Who wrote the poem "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Samuel's performance destribed in A Raisin in the Sun by Natasha? Why is this important to the plot?

2. How would you gauge the difference between Daniel and Natasha's falling in love with the other?

3. What is the association between Korea and the African American hair care industry?

4. How do Natasha and Charlie manage to reconnect after their argument when Natasha leaves before her appointment?

5. Why do you think the author chose to tell the story of the waitress at the Korean restaurant in the novel?

6. Why do you think that the story of Joe (the Secutity Guard) is important to the novel?

7. What is the one good thing that Charlie does in the novel? Why do you think he does it?

8. How did Patricia feel about Samuel's performance in A Raisin in the Sun? Why?

9. How did Samuel Kingsley's experiences as an actor differ between Jamaica and America?

10. How do the differences between the blue-haired, mohawked couple illustrate the differences between Daniel and Natasha?

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