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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Selina, Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the term used when referring to someone who is suggesting that all Blacks be allowed to join the Association?
(a) Communist.
(b) Bigot.
(c) Coward.
(d) Radical.

2. What happens to Deighton at the mattress factory?
(a) His arm is injured in the machinery.
(b) He causes a riot.
(c) He gets fired.
(d) He has a heart attack.

3. What does Selina see at the park in Book 2?
(a) Babies nursing.
(b) Birds mating.
(c) Lovers displaying affection toward each other.
(d) Her sister with a boy.

4. What type of mood does Deighton have on that Monday morning before he goes to the bank to cash the check from the land sale?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Downtrodden.
(c) Angry.
(d) Anxious.

5. What does Selina find out when she returns home that Monday evening after her father has cashed the check from the land sale?
(a) She finds out that the neighbors have moved out.
(b) She finds out that her mother has left.
(c) She finds out that her mother is still waiting for her father.
(d) She finds out that her father has gambled the money away.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the occasion of Selina's new acquaintance walking her home from the Association meeting, where do they stop?

2. How does Silla manage to evict Suggie?

3. In Book 2, Pastorale, what does Selina ask to do with her best friend?

4. In Book 4, Chapter 6, how does Selina feel when Clive leaves to pick up his mother?

5. Why did parents avoid teaching their daughters about sex in the early part of the 20th Century?

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