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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Annie and her mother add to their "special" baths?
(a) Bubble solution.
(b) Oatmeal and milk.
(c) Water blessed by the Obeah woman.
(d) Flowers, tree bark, and oils.

2. 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 their roof to be closer to the sun.
(c) To add two ounces of liquid bleach to the laundry.
(d) To lay them on white rocks to dry.

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

4. Who bathes and dresses Nalda for her funeral?
(a) Mrs. John.
(b) Annie.
(c) The Obeah woman.
(d) Nalda's own mother.

5. Which member of the John family sleeps late during the summers?
(a) Annie.
(b) Mrs. John.
(c) Mr. John.
(d) Miss Oatie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Annie stop playing with the dunce girl?

2. How does Annie buy her dunce friend treats at recess?

3. What do Annie and her mother do every day after lunch?

4. How do the women who are mean to Annie and her mother act when they see Mr. John?

5. Which neighbor dies in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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