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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 111-126.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Benjie imagine the singers were wearing when he heard a song while he was hanging from the roof?
(a) Black shirts, white ties, black pants.
(b) Sweatshirts and jeans.
(c) Gold jackets and blue suede shoes.
(d) Lace shirts, gold pants, green suede shoes.

2. What color smock does the reader and advisor wear?
(a) Pink.
(b) Black.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

3. How does Benjie describe a boy who is in a bed across from him when Benjie is in the hospital?
(a) Chubby-face, brown headed.
(b) Narrow-face, yellow headed.
(c) Fat with black hair.
(d) Medium build with red hair.

4. On page 44, who does Nigeria say said, "because it please me to try" (44)?
(a) Nat Turner.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) John Brown.
(d) Harriet Tubman.

5. What is the name of the woman who was beat up and robbed after she left a night meeting of the Scholarship Fund Society?
(a) Mrs. Ralph Peters.
(b) Mrs. Elizabeth Mortensen.
(c) Mrs. Ransom Bell.
(d) Mrs. Louisa Stapleton.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Butler give Sweets on page 105?

2. How much did Nigeria Greene and his wife pay for a ticket to see a Negro "writer-rascal" (96)?

3. What song does Benjie remember hearing when he was hanging from the roof?

4. What does Nigeria Greene teach?

5. What does Nigeria remember eating on New Year's for good luck?

(see the answer key)

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