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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10, Shul, School.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the blacks come into the store to purchase in the Thirties?
(a) Gun powder
(b) BC powder
(c) Paracetemol
(d) Guns

2. What is the name of the main character?
(a) Gordon Brown
(b) James McBride
(c) Philip McBride
(d) John Hurt

3. Where did James' mother spend most of her adult life?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) Raleigh
(c) Seattle
(d) New York

4. How does Frances show her support for Ruth at dinner?
(a) She eats Ruth's food
(b) She throws away Ruth's food
(c) She slaps her father
(d) She does not eat

5. Who does Ruth remember riding through town?
(a) The Nation of Islam
(b) Orangemen
(c) The Ku Klux Klan
(d) The black panthers

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of hat is the boy's father wearing?

2. Which member of Ruth's family dies while she is in New York?

3. What does Ruth say she was starved of?

4. What does Ruth say God is?

5. What group is the boy's father part of?

(see the answer key)

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