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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sue earn her living?
(a) By washing and ironing other people's laundry.
(b) Cleaning houses.
(c) Sewing clothes.
(d) Serving in the school's cafeteria.

2. What does Johnny-Boy do after eating?
(a) Watches television.
(b) Goes to bed.
(c) Puts his shoes back on.
(d) Reads the paper.

3. What does Sue need to do with the clothes in the zinc wash tub?
(a) Fold them.
(b) Mend them.
(c) Iron them.
(d) Wash them.

4. What does Johnny-Boy do when his mother talks to him about the party?
(a) He calls her a liar.
(b) He defends his actions.
(c) He asks her what he should do.
(d) He agrees with her.

5. What seemed to continually test Sue's faith?
(a) Her husband's illness.
(b) The pain in her body.
(c) Her sons' behavior.
(d) The discrimination towards black people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the most consistent situations we read about in Sue's life?

2. How does Johnny-Boy feel when his mother keeps talking at him?

3. What does Sue tell Johnny-Boy about Reva?

4. How did Sue feel about people who tried to destroy the Party?

5. What does Sue do while Johnny-Boy is eating?

(see the answer key)

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