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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12, Boys, Daddy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of job did Ruth's father have when he first arrived in America?
(a) Traveling preacher
(b) Store owner
(c) Pimp
(d) Drug dealer

2. Who does James say his older siblings revere?
(a) Tommie Smith
(b) Malcolm X
(c) Elijah Muhammed
(d) Marin Luther King

3. Where did Ruth's family live when they first arrived in America?
(a) Denver
(b) New York
(c) Los Angeles
(d) San Francisco

4. Why does Ruth think her father married her mother?
(a) To become a rabbi
(b) To move to America
(c) For love
(d) To have a son

5. What does James call his stepfather?
(a) Sir
(b) Daddy
(c) Boy
(d) Lithe

Short Answer Questions

1. How did James view his mother as a young boy?

2. What kind of houses do the blacks in Suffolk live in?

3. What does Ruth say she was starved of?

4. In what city of Virginia does Hunter's cousin live?

5. What does Ruth's father keep behind the counter in his store?

(see the answer key)

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