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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. What does the teacher do with Annie's essay in Chapter 3?
(a) Criticizes it in class in front of all the students.
(b) Puts a sticky star on it.
(c) Sends it home.
(d) Puts it on a library shelf for other students to use as reference.

2. Who wants to vex Annie and her mother?
(a) Ma Chess.
(b) Annie's grandfather.
(c) Other women who had children by Mr. John.
(d) The Obeah woman.

3. What excuses does Annie use to sneak away to meet her new friend in Chapter 4?
(a) Needs to meet Gwen to study.
(b) Needs to go for a jog.
(c) Needs to meet Sonia at the library for an art project.
(d) Needs to stretch her legs or do onsite research for art.

4. For what reason does Annie and her mother take the "special" baths?
(a) For a special, relaxing spa treatment.
(b) To make their skin soft.
(c) As part of aroma-therapy.
(d) To ward off bad spirits detected by the Obeah woman.

5. How does Annie feel in response to her teacher's reaction to the first essay she wrote in Chapter 3?
(a) Worried.
(b) Lightheaded with joy.
(c) Confused.
(d) Unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Annie's reaction to the first dead person she sees?

2. What happens to Annie's Chapter 4 friend?

3. How many times a day does Annie's mom make her wash?

4. What upsets Annie when she and her mother visit the fabric store in Chapter 2?

5. What kind of gifts does Annie buy her Chapter 4 friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annie describe the waves as she lies in her cabin?

2. Why does Annie like the Red Girl so much?

3. What unusual incident occurs when Annie's uncle dies?

4. What incident makes the Johns realize they cannot leave Annie alone at all?

5. Describe Mr. John's childhood.

6. In Chapter 7, what new habits does Annie demonstrate after she recovers and how do her classmates feel about them?

7. Why does Annie buy gifts for the Red Girl?

8. Why does Mrs. John prepare her friend's daughter for burial in Chapter 1?

9. When does Annie's friendship with the Red Girl begin to take on new dimension?

10. What helps Annie visualize how Miss Charlotte must look dead?

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