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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wants to vex Annie and her mother?
(a) The Obeah woman.
(b) Other women who had children by Mr. John.
(c) Annie's grandfather.
(d) Ma Chess.

2. How does Annie feel in response to her teacher's reaction to the first essay she wrote in Chapter 3?
(a) Worried.
(b) Lightheaded with joy.
(c) Confused.
(d) Unhappy.

3. What does Annie's mother teach her at the market?
(a) Which grains to buy for their special bath.
(b) How to negotiate a better price.
(c) How to buy the best fish, fruit, and butter.
(d) How to sell crafts they make together.

4. How does Mrs. John teach Annie to bleach the white clothes?
(a) To use special bark to make them whiter.
(b) To lay them on white rocks to dry.
(c) To add two ounces of liquid bleach to the laundry.
(d) To lay them on their roof to be closer to the sun.

5. Which story always makes Annie and her father cry?
(a) The story of how Mr. and Mrs. John met.
(b) The story of how Mr. John was orphaned at birth.
(c) The story of the death of Mr. John's grandmother.
(d) The story of Mrs. John fighting with her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of the John family sleeps late during the summers?

2. What does Annie choose as the focus of her assignment?

3. How does Annie know her way around the new school in Chapter 3?

4. What is the typical summer lunch at Annie's house?

5. What is Annie's reaction to the first dead person she sees?

(see the answer key)

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