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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Boy say the sign was for his family to leave Jamaica?
(a) The hurricane season.
(b) The changing political leaders.
(c) The fires in the village.
(d) The death of Miss Mattie.

2. How does Paul feel about involving the police in his family's murder?
(a) He thinks they will be useless.
(b) He thinks they will solve the crime.
(c) He thinks they will blame him.
(d) There aren't police at this time.

3. What name does Kitty call Boy during an argument, in "Chapter 3"?
(a) Fool.
(b) Black-man.
(c) Slave.
(d) Cheater.

4. In "Chapter 5," what choice does Harry/Harriet tell Clare she will have to make?
(a) About where to live.
(b) About what do say to her father.
(c) About who to marry.
(d) About how to make money.

5. When Christopher was growing up, what region did he live in?
(a) The prison yard.
(b) The dungle.
(c) The ruinate.
(d) The south.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of person's life is described, in the opening of "Chapter 2"?

2. What job does Kitty interview for in "Chapter 3"?

3. What does Christopher say his grandmother used to call "the sleep of the righteous"?

4. After Kitty's death, what does Clare feel she must do?

5. In the beginning of "Chapter 4," where is the truck headed?

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