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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does most of the talking during lunchtime conversations at Annie's house?
(a) Annie and her mother.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. John.
(c) All three.
(d) Annie and her father.

2. Who gives Annie permission to attend her classmate's funeral?
(a) No one.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Ma Chess.
(d) Her father.

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

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

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. On which island do Mrs. John's parents live?

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

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

4. In Chapter 1, who tucks Annie in on the night she is punished for lying?

5. What causes Mrs. John to leave her parents' home?

(see the answer key)

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