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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many times a day does Annie's mom make her wash?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

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

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

6. How does Annie know her way around the new school in Chapter 3?
(a) She and her mother toured it a week earlier.
(b) Gwen helps her.
(c) She has a student guide showing her around.
(d) She has a map.

7. Why is Annie punished in Chapter 4?
(a) For lying about her new friend.
(b) For throwing a tantrum.
(c) For cheating on a test.
(d) For playing marbles at school.

8. What is a favorite hangout of Annie and the new friend she meets in Chapter 4?
(a) School.
(b) The beach.
(c) The lighthouse.
(d) The mall.

9. Why won't Annie let her mother touch her?
(a) Because she hasn't washed her hands.
(b) Because she has a wart that was a vex on her.
(c) Because she burned her hand.
(d) Because she bathed and dressed the dead girl.

10. What does Annie reveal in the conclusion of the essay she writes on the first day of school?
(a) She wants to run away from home.
(b) She dreams her mother never comes back.
(c) She is afraid of making new friends.
(d) She longs to see many dead people.

11. How does Annie buy presents for her Chapter 4 friend?
(a) She makes presents for her.
(b) Sneaks money from a safe at home.
(c) Uses allowance money.
(d) Sneaks money from her mother's purse.

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

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

14. For what reason does Annie and her mother take the "special" baths?
(a) As part of aroma-therapy.
(b) To make their skin soft.
(c) To ward off bad spirits detected by the Obeah woman.
(d) For a special, relaxing spa treatment.

15. Where do Annie and her classmates go to complete their assignment?
(a) Outside around a picnic table.
(b) Into the school's gymnasium.
(c) To the teacher's house.
(d) Under a shade tree outside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tree is Annie trying to get fruit from in Chapter 4?

2. At what age does Annie say her life starts to change?

3. On which school team does Annie serve as captain in Chapter 3?

4. What does Annie choose as the focus of her assignment?

5. Who are the two girls Annie befriends at her new school in Chapter 2?

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