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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jimboy punish him?
(a) He chastised him for being a liar.
(b) He ignored him.
(c) He whipped him.
(d) He yelled at him.

2. In "School", the summer ends and Sandy has to go back to school to the ________ grade, which was integrated.
(a) Sixth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Eighth.

3. Jimboy sings many songs that he has learned from where?
(a) The war.
(b) Across the country.
(c) The south.
(d) Kansas.

4. On Thursday afternoon, who comes home to visit?
(a) Hager's middle daughter Annjee.
(b) Hager's youngest daughter Harriet.
(c) Hager's friend Sister Johnson.
(d) Hager's oldest daughter Tempy.

5. Hager, Annjee and Sandy are very poor, so poor that they can't afford what?
(a) Food.
(b) Heat.
(c) Warm clothes.
(d) A wreath or cake icing.

6. Why does Annjee believe Jimboy married her?
(a) Because she was a homebody and would take care of a house.
(b) Because she was pregnant with their child.
(c) Because he wanted to get married and start a family.
(d) Because he loved her.

7. At the beginning of the story, what is Aunt Hager desperately trying to do?
(a) Get Sandy and herself into a boat.
(b) Get Sandy and herself into a closet.
(c) Get Sandy and herself into her cellar and get the door shut.
(d) Get Sandy and herself into an ambulance.

8. What happens to Annjee?
(a) She leaves to find Jimboy.
(b) She gets very sick and cannot work.
(c) She becomes very depressed.
(d) She gets a new job.

9. Afterwards, they had to buy their books and Sandy looked forward to coming home and doing what?
(a) Showing Aunt Hager his nature reader.
(b) Showing Jimboy his nature reader.
(c) Reading his nature reader.
(d) Showing Annjee his nature reader.

10. Why does Annjee have to give up the money she was saving for Sandy's Christmas?
(a) To buy food.
(b) To mail to Harriet.
(c) To pay for Annjee's medicine.
(d) To pay the electric bill.

11. How did the white men feel about working alongside a black man?
(a) They were afraid.
(b) They did not mind working alongside a black man.
(c) They were unhappy about working alongside a black man.
(d) They refused to work alongside a black man.

12. How did Sandy react to his punishment?
(a) He ran away.
(b) He went to his bed and cried all afternoon.
(c) He yelled back.
(d) He laughed.

13. When he reached school, the teacher did what?
(a) Segregated him and two colored girls in his class.
(b) Yelled at him for being black.
(c) Welcomed him into the classroom.
(d) Ignored him.

14. Why do Tempy and her husband quit the black Baptist church?
(a) They do not like the new minister.
(b) They are no longer Christians.
(c) To join the white Episcopalian church.
(d) They have converted to Catholicism.

15. Who returns home?
(a) Hager.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Jimboy.
(d) Annjee.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sandy had to run off and help his mother, who was ___________ at the Rice's, a rich white family.

2. In "Jimboy's Letter", AnnJee receives a note from Jimboy saying what?

3. In "Guitar", Jimboy has come home and is doing what?

4. What was Aunt Hager going to do to punish Sandy?

5. It was late March and Annjee decided that she was going to save up her money and do what?

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