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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the proverb in "Chapter 10" say about black people's deaths?
(a) They are more painful.
(b) They are never natural.
(c) They are forgotten.
(d) They don't exist.

2. Why is Harry referred to as Harry/Harriet?
(a) Because he hates his real name.
(b) Because he has two names.
(c) Because Harry is short for Harriet.
(d) Because he is transgendered.

3. In "Chapter 5," who does Clare visit in Jamaica?
(a) Her grandfather.
(b) Her aunt and uncle.
(c) Her god-mother.
(d) Her father's friends.

4. What does the child in the quote in the beginning of "Chapter 5" ask for?
(a) To have good health.
(b) To meet her mother.
(c) To be free.
(d) To be loved.

5. Why does Clare return home early during her visit with Liz, in "Chapter 5"?
(a) She feels out of place.
(b) She is starting to get sick.
(c) Liz ends their meeting early.
(d) She is tired.

6. In "Chapter 5," what does Clare remember about her time with Harry/Harriet as she rides on the truck?
(a) Harvesting oysters.
(b) Learning about his past.
(c) Going to the beach.
(d) Talking about crime.

7. What does Bobby do when Clare asks him about the Vietnam war?
(a) He asks her to stop.
(b) He yells at her.
(c) He tells her everything.
(d) He says he'll talk to her, but he may lie.

8. Where does Harry/Harriet say he was sent after his rape?
(a) To the Dungle.
(b) To Mexico.
(c) To Florida.
(d) To the capital.

9. What does the interviewer in "Chapter 10" want to better?
(a) Jamaican relationships with America.
(b) The lives of Jamaica children.
(c) The crime in Jamaica.
(d) Jamaican crops.

10. Why does Harry/Harriet send Clare a letter, in "Chapter 6"?
(a) To pass news along about Miss Mattie's land.
(b) To find out more about Bobby.
(c) To update her on political events in Jamaica.
(d) To say he misses her.

11. What question does the author ask, at the end of "Chapter 7"?
(a) Is it possible to have a future?
(b) How do we continue without her?
(c) Can you remember how to love her?
(d) Do you remember what she said?

12. In "Chapter 7," what does the woman do to the graves of the restless?
(a) She lights fires near their graves.
(b) She dances on their graves.
(c) She paints their headstones.
(d) She plants on their graves.

13. In "Chapter 10," what does Clare imagine women doing for their children?
(a) Living quiet lives.
(b) Saving them from danger.
(c) Superhuman feats.
(d) Feeding them the best food.

14. Where does Clare remember meeting Bobby?
(a) At school.
(b) In a bar.
(c) At work.
(d) Through a mutual friend.

15. In "Chapter 9," where does it say Christopher grew old?
(a) On the streets.
(b) On a houseboat.
(c) In church.
(d) In Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman in "Chapter 7" call the items in her pocket?

2. Where does Christopher get the nickname "the watchman"?

3. What nickname is given to Vietnam soldiers, in "Chapter 6"?

4. Why do the people at Clare's university believe she is lucky?

5. In "Chapter 5," who does Harry/Harriet say raped him as a child?

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