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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where would Benjie and his mother go after they bought a Sunday newspaper?
(a) Toy store.
(b) Grocery store.
(c) Bookstore.
(d) Candy store.

2. Where did Jimmy-Lee's uncle go instead of giving him birthday money?
(a) The Bahamas.
(b) West Indies.
(c) Cayman Islands.
(d) Cancun.

3. What does Benjie remember taking from his grandmother's pocketbook?
(a) $4.
(b) $2.
(c) $5.
(d) $3.

4. What role did Nigeria's father play in their church?
(a) Deacon.
(b) Pastor.
(c) Trustee.
(d) Elder.

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

6. What age does Benjie think is too old for someone to hold your hand?
(a) 5.
(b) 7 or 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 6 or 7.

7. What teachers complained to the principal that Nigeria was creating an atmosphere that bred hostility?
(a) 3 Negroes.
(b) 2 whites and one Negro.
(c) 2 Negroes and one white.
(d) 3 whites.

8. What time of day did Benjie and his mother used to go buy a Sunday newspaper?
(a) 9::30 a.m.
(b) 10:30 a.m.
(c) 9 a.m.
(d) 10 a.m.

9. What did Nigeria's father like to play on Saturday nights?
(a) Canasta.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Poker.
(d) Rummy.

10. What was Nigeria's nickname?
(a) Gerry.
(b) Niger.
(c) Nick.
(d) Rick.

11. Who goes with Nigeria to take Benjie to the principal when he is stoned?
(a) Cohen.
(b) Another black teacher.
(c) Mr. Holsom.
(d) A couple white teachers.

12. What instrument did Butler used to play?
(a) Double bass.
(b) Saxophone.
(c) Trombone.
(d) Trumpet.

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

14. When did Jimmy-Lee's father go to a March to Washington?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1953.

15. Where does Butler wish they could send Benjie?
(a) Military school.
(b) Drug rehab.
(c) A farm in the South.
(d) Boarding school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What pictures were on Nigeria's classroom wall when he arrived?

2. What does Butler do for a living?

3. How much did Jimmy-Lee's father give him once for school supplies?

4. In Benjie's building, how many floors are missing a lightbulb?

5. How much did the court make Benjie's father pay Rose?

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