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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who pinches Annie's arm on the way back to class after completing their assignment in Chapter 3?
(a) The teacher.
(b) Alberta.
(c) Sonia.
(d) Gwen.

2. Why does Annie feel like an outsider on her first day of school in Chapter 3?
(a) The other girls make fun of her friend.
(b) Only the teachers talk to her.
(c) The other girls enter the building arm-in-arm.
(d) She wears the wrong outfit by mistake.

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

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

5. Why does Annie buy gifts for her Chapter 4 friend?
(a) She wants the friend to be indebted to her.
(b) She just wants to buy her things.
(c) She feels guilty about how much she has.
(d) She is intimidated into buying her things.

6. What do Annie and her mother do every day after lunch?
(a) Clean the dishes and then do laundry.
(b) Clean dishes and settle into their afternoon routine.
(c) Clean the dishes and then go to the market.
(d) Nap until Mr. John comes home from work.

7. Why does the dunce girl miss school for a short while?
(a) She is playing hooky.
(b) Her mother dies suddenly.
(c) She becomes very ill.
(d) She goes to another school.

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

9. Which story always makes Annie and her father cry?
(a) The story of how Mr. John was orphaned at birth.
(b) The story of Mrs. John fighting with her father.
(c) The story of how Mr. and Mrs. John met.
(d) The story of the death of Mr. John's grandmother.

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

11. Why doesn't Annie like the essays her classmates write in Chapter 3?
(a) They are based on true stories.
(b) They are too long.
(c) They are frivolous and superficial.
(d) They are not factual.

12. What happens to Annie's Chapter 4 friend?
(a) She moves with her grandparents
(b) She runs away on a ship.
(c) She joins the Royal Navy.
(d) She becomes a national hero for rescuing ships.

13. How does Mrs. John teach Annie to bleach the white clothes?
(a) To use special bark to make them whiter.
(b) To lay them on their roof to be closer to the sun.
(c) To add two ounces of liquid bleach to the laundry.
(d) To lay them on white rocks to dry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who can always make Mr. John laugh?

2. How is Annie trying to get fruit out of the tree in Chapter 4?

3. What does the teacher do with Annie's essay in Chapter 3?

4. What does Annie's Chapter 4 friend think about the gifts Annie buys for her?

5. What is Annie's punishment for lying to her mother in Chapter 1?

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