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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Annie meet for the first time at the fruit tree in Chapter 4?
(a) Sonia.
(b) Ruth.
(c) The Red Girl.
(d) Gwen.

2. What does Annie choose as the focus of her assignment?
(a) The trip she made to Dominica.
(b) Living in their summer home.
(c) The trips she and her mother took to Rat Island.
(d) The trips she and her mother took to the market.

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

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

5. What causes Mrs. John to leave her parents' home?
(a) An argument with her father.
(b) An urge to travel.
(c) An argument with her mother.
(d) A desire to become a nurse.

6. What is Annie's punishment for lying to her mother in Chapter 1?
(a) She had to listen to her mother rant and rave for about an hour.
(b) She has to do the dishes all by herself.
(c) She has to go straight to bed after eating dinner.
(d) She has to eat outside alone and her mother does not kiss her goodnight.

7. Why does Annie stop playing with the dunce girl?
(a) She is tired of the other girls making fun of her for being the girl's friend.
(b) It seems shameful that her mother died and leaves the girl alone.
(c) She doesn't like the girl's poor manners.
(d) All the answers are correct.

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

9. Which row does Annie sit on in her new classroom in Chapter 3?
(a) Third.
(b) First.
(c) Back.
(d) Fourth.

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

11. Who builds Nalda's coffin?
(a) Nalda's father.
(b) The mortician.
(c) Mr. John.
(d) Nalda's mother.

12. What does the teacher do with Annie's essay in Chapter 3?
(a) Puts it on a library shelf for other students to use as reference.
(b) Criticizes it in class in front of all the students.
(c) Sends it home.
(d) Puts a sticky star on it.

13. How is Annie trying to get fruit out of the tree in Chapter 4?
(a) By using Obeah spells to make it fall.
(b) By throwing rocks at it to knock it down.
(c) By shaking the tree to make it drop.
(d) By climbing the tree to pick it.

14. Where does the John family stay during summer holiday?
(a) House on Fort Road.
(b) House on Dickenson Bay Street.
(c) House on Fort Bay Street.
(d) On a house boat.

15. What does Annie's Chapter 4 friend think about the gifts Annie buys for her?
(a) She complains about the gifts.
(b) She is very grateful.
(c) She's not impressed.
(d) She wants more.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the dunce girl miss school for a short while?

2. Whose mother does not insist on daily hygiene?

3. Why does Mr. Kenneth's gift to Annie please Mrs. John?

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

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

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