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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long have Jim and his wife been married?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Nine years.
(c) Five years.
(d) Six months.

2. What does the library mean to Maureen?
(a) It is the place where she someday hopes to have a career.
(b) It symbolizes the education that will get her out of her present situation.
(c) It is a place for her to see her friends, away from her mother's watchful eye.
(d) It is a haven of peace, and a place to escape.

3. Where is Maureen living at the end of the novel?
(a) Tulsa.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Houston.
(d) Dearborn.

4. What is happening to Maureen during her recovery?
(a) She is having flashbacks of the night she was beaten.
(b) She is having difficulty learning how to do simple things.
(c) She is slowly going blind.
(d) She is forgetting much of her past.

5. Who offers Jules a ride while he is meandering the streets?
(a) Mort and his friends.
(b) Some kids from Kentucky.
(c) Vera and Marcia.
(d) Loretta.

6. What does Jules's girlfriend want him to do?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Move away from the city with her.
(c) Have a child with her.
(d) Marry her.

7. What does Jules encourage Maureen to do when he visits her in Dearborn?
(a) To get involved with his party's activities.
(b) To leave Joe and move back in with Loretta.
(c) To contact Loretta, or send her some money.
(d) To leave town with him.

8. How is Jules making money in Chapter 6 of the third book?
(a) He sells used cars that break down soon after they are purchased.
(b) He takes it from Marcia, and puts Vera to work as a hooker.
(c) He steals cars and mugs people on the streets.
(d) He sells useless gadgets and broken tools.

9. Where do Jules and Loretta go every week, in Chapter 10 of the second book?
(a) The library.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The welfare office.
(d) The grocery store.

10. What is causing Jim to reevaluate his situation with his wife and family?
(a) A near-death experience.
(b) Losing his job.
(c) Maureen.
(d) His wife's infidelity.

11. Why did Jim marry, and stay married?
(a) Love.
(b) Financial security.
(c) His children.
(d) Ordinary reasons.

12. Who is Vera?
(a) Loretta's youngest daughter.
(b) One of Mort's proteges.
(c) Maureen's friend.
(d) Mort's sister.

13. What does Maureen write about in her letters?
(a) How she has pieced her life back together after her catatonia.
(b) What her night classes have meant to her.
(c) What her future plans are.
(d) All answers are correct.

14. Who gives Jules a rifle on the street?
(a) A policeman who wants all the help he can get.
(b) A woman who is running away from the riots.
(c) A young African-American boy who has been shot.
(d) A man who wants Jules to fight with him.

15. To whom is Maureen writing in Chapter 8 of the second book?
(a) Miss Oates.
(b) Jules.
(c) Loretta.
(d) Mrs. Wendall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jules breaks the windows to what type of business?

2. What does Vera suggest for a radical display?

3. Why does Maureen want Jules to leave quickly when he visits?

4. How do Maureen and Loretta feel about black people?

5. Why does Loretta seek shelter at the YMCA?

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