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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 39-64.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Benjie remember his grandmother used to make for breakfast?
(a) Bacon pancakes.
(b) Cinnamon pancakes.
(c) Apple pancakes.
(d) Blueberry pancakes.

2. How much does Benjie remember that his friend Jimmy-Lee was going to get for his birthday from his uncle?
(a) $5.
(b) $10.
(c) $20.
(d) $15.

3. How old is Benjie Johnson at the beginning of the book?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

4. What does Benjie call Nigeria when he takes him down to the principal and requests that his parents be notified?
(a) Nigger.
(b) Oreo Cookie.
(c) Crow.
(d) Ape.

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. Louisa Stapleton.
(b) Mrs. Ralph Peters.
(c) Mrs. Elizabeth Mortensen.
(d) Mrs. Ransom Bell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a woman say in Rose's apartment building when her husband beats her?

2. What team did Jimmy-Lee make that Benjie did not?

3. What is a song that Mrs. Bell likes to sing?

4. Who goes with Nigeria to take Benjie to the principal when he is stoned?

5. What organization did Nigeria's grandfather belong to?

(see the answer key)

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