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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 Clare do at the end of "Chapter 4"?
(a) She begins to build a house.
(b) She interviews people in her old village.
(c) She goes to sleep.
(d) She delivers goods to people.

2. How does Boy Savage feel about going to the United States?
(a) He doesn't care.
(b) He is proud of it.
(c) He is worried about it.
(d) He is excited for it.

3. In "Chapter 1," how are the races of the people in the back of the truck described?
(a) Dark-skinned blacks.
(b) Light-skinned blacks.
(c) Mixed races.
(d) Asians and whites.

4. Where does Clare first go when she arrives in Jamaica?
(a) The hospital.
(b) Miss Mattie's land.
(c) Her aunt's house.
(d) Harry/Harriet's house.

5. In "Chapter 5," who does Harry/Harriet say raped him as a child?
(a) A black man.
(b) A black woman.
(c) A white woman.
(d) A white man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say Christopher didn't see the newspaper headlines about the murders?

2. What upsets Bobby about the nighttime?

3. In "Chapter 5," who does Clare imagine comes to visit her in a taxi?

4. In "Chapter 8," what does Clare tell Harry/Harriet about her mother?

5. How old is Christopher when his grandmother dies?

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