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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which animal impresses Jeff with its solitude as he looks out the window of the bus?
(a) Hawk
(b) Deer
(c) Heron
(d) Chicken

2. What does Jeff write to Melody after he arrives back in town from his trip with his mother?
(a) A story
(b) Long letter
(c) A poem
(d) Thank you note

3. Melody makes sure to say that she would never work for or be supported by ___________.
(a) A Jew
(b) A professor
(c) A man
(d) A white woman

4. The three women talk about the unfairness of _____________ as they continue to fill envelopes.
(a) Womanhood
(b) Children
(c) God
(d) Society

5. Who is NOT one of the relatives to which Melody introduces him?
(a) Aunt Georgina
(b) Aunt Dodo
(c) Aunt Booty
(d) Gambo

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeff stop doing because he realizes the Professor likes order and routine?

2. Where does Brother Thomas decide to take Jeff when he learns Jeff has not eaten?

3. In what grade is Jeff when he finds out his mother has left him and his father, the Professor?

4. ___________ wants to pour her life experiences into Jeff so he can carry them into his life.

5. Melody takes Jeff into the city to show him how green and polluted the ______________ is.

(see the answer key)

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