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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What special items are in Mrs. John's travel trunk now?
(a) Memories from Annie's life.
(b) Her wedding dress.
(c) Heirloom silverware.
(d) Memories from her own childhood.

2. What upsets Annie when she and her mother visit the fabric store in Chapter 2?
(a) Her mom picks out ugly fabric.
(b) They don't have enough matching fabric.
(c) They don't buy matching fabric for dresses.
(d) Annie doesn't want to go to the fabric store.

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

4. Why does Mr. John bathe in cold water?
(a) Cold water doesn't irritate his skin.
(b) There's no way to heat the water.
(c) Cold water soothes the bruises he gets from work.
(d) He believes it will strengthen his back.

5. In Chapter 1, who tucks Annie in on the night she is punished for lying?
(a) No one.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who builds Nalda's coffin?

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

3. In Chapter 1, who dies that is Annie's age?

4. Which of Annie's friends is known as a dunce?

5. How is the community notified of a death?

(see the answer key)

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