View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What kind of tree is Annie trying to get fruit from in Chapter 4?
(a) Coconut.
(b) Guava.
(c) Banana.
(d) Apple.

4. What is the typical summer lunch at Annie's house?
(a) A sandwhich made of fresh market cold cuts.
(b) Fish patties and salsa.
(c) Soup and sandwhich.
(d) Pumpkin soup, banana fritters, and salt fish with tomatoes.

5. Where is Annie's family living when the daughter of her mother's friend dies?
(a) On Dickson Street.
(b) In Dominica.
(c) On Fort Road.
(d) On Dickenson Bay Street.

6. How does the other girl retrieve the fruit in Chapter 4?
(a) She throws a bigger rock at it.
(b) She recites a spell to make it fall.
(c) She shakes the tree.
(d) She climbs the tree.

7. What does Annie believe will happen if she points at a dead person?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Her fingers will drop off.
(c) Her finger will create sparks.
(d) Her hand will burn.

8. Whose mother does not insist on daily hygiene?
(a) Sonia's.
(b) Annie's.
(c) Gwen's
(d) The Red Girl's.

9. What is Annie obsessed with in Chapter 1?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Boys.
(c) Death.
(d) Playing marbles.

10. Annie and her Chapter 4 friend begin exchanging hard pinches and...
(a) Hair pulling.
(b) Kicks.
(c) Slaps.
(d) Kisses.

11. Who can always make Mr. John laugh?
(a) Ma Chess.
(b) The Obeah woman.
(c) Mrs. John.
(d) Annie.

12. In Chapter 1, what has almost everyone else at school seen that Annie has not?
(a) A television set.
(b) A dead person.
(c) An Obeah woman.
(d) A famous person.

13. How is the community notified of a death?
(a) On the local radio station.
(b) The church bell tolls.
(c) In the newspaper's obituary section.
(d) A town crier makes the announcement.

14. Why is Annie sent home from school one day in Chapter 3?
(a) She gets into a fight.
(b) She is caught playing marbles.
(c) She falls and breaks her arm.
(d) She faints in class.

15. Why is Annie's Chapter 4 friend sent away?
(a) Her mother dies.
(b) To finish her education.
(c) Because she is unruly.
(d) She has commited a crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who falls in love in Chapter 3?

2. Who gives Annie permission to attend her classmate's funeral?

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

4. Where do Annie and her classmates go to complete their assignment?

5. For what reason does Annie and her mother take the "special" baths?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 487 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample