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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Portia tell her father about Willie?
(a) Willie got in a fight and cut a man with a razor.
(b) Willie eloped with a woman Portia didn't like.
(c) Willie ran off with the wife of another man.
(d) Willie was beaten up and in the hospital.

2. Why does Mick think boys have it better than girls?
(a) Boys can wear their hair short if they wanted too.
(b) Boys are stronger.
(c) Boys can get a part time job and not have to quit school.
(d) Boys can wear long pants or shorts.

3. When Mick thinks about the last month, what two things can't she believe?
(a) That Mr. Singer had committed suicide and that she had found him.
(b) That school was starting soon and she was working.
(c) That she was alone and unhappy.
(d) That Mr. Singer was dead and she was grown and working at Woolworth's.

4. What does Lucille tell Biff not to do?
(a) Think backwards.
(b) Mourn.
(c) Marry again.
(d) Wear blinders.

5. What term does Dr. Copeland use that his daughter takes offense at?
(a) Black People.
(b) Colored People.
(c) African Americans.
(d) Negro.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Mick feeling at the end of Part 3, Chapter 3?

2. What does Biff do to the bedroom after Alice dies?

3. In the narration of Part 2, Chapter 14, how are the strange feelings Mick is having described?

4. In the summer when Mick takes her brothers for walks what does she think about?

5. What does Jake's fellow workers think he is?

(see the answer key)

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