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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tempy give Sandy for Christmas?
(a) A pair of boots.
(b) A beautiful book of Andersen's Fairy Tales.
(c) A new sled.
(d) A Bible.

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

3. Sandy really wants _________, but the best his mother can do is to get Mr. Logan to build him one.
(a) A treehouse.
(b) A sled.
(c) A car.
(d) A bicycle.

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

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

6. In "Guitar", Jimboy has come home and is doing what?
(a) Helping out around the house.
(b) Talking to his wife.
(c) Playing with his son.
(d) Playing his guitar and singing.

7. How long has it been since Annjee's husband, Jimboy, has written?
(a) Three days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Three years.
(d) Three months.

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

9. How does everyone feel when Tempy leaves?
(a) Sad.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Angry.
(d) Worried.

10. What happened when the three returned home?
(a) They woke up the dog.
(b) Aunt Hager was waiting for them with a bundle of switches at her feet.
(c) They found Aunt Hager crying at the kitchen table.
(d) They found out half the neighborhood was out searching for them.

11. Why does Hager pick up extra laundry washing?
(a) To buy Sandy's new school books.
(b) To keep the family financially afloat.
(c) She enjoys the work.
(d) She wants more spending money.

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

13. What did John Lowdins do when a drunk white man attacked him?
(a) He shot him in the shoulder and drove off.
(b) He did nothing.
(c) He called the police.
(d) He killed him.

14. What was Aunt Hager going to do to punish Sandy?
(a) Ignore him.
(b) Make him feel guilty.
(c) Ground him.
(d) Whip him.

15. A man could work in Stanton his whole life without saving enough money to retire and leave something behind. To whom had this happened?
(a) Aunt Hager's father.
(b) Tempy's husband.
(c) Sandy's father.
(d) Aunt Hager's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sandy eventually do at the dance?

2. What did Sandy and Buster do with their money?

3. How does Hager's companion want to spend her time?

4. Tempy and her husband have done well financially and have stopped hanging around who?

5. The white people near the area were furious at these blacks. Why?

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