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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which member of the John family sleeps late during the summers?
(a) Miss Oatie.
(b) Mr. John.
(c) Mrs. John.
(d) Annie.

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

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

5. Who gives Annie permission to attend her classmate's funeral?
(a) No one.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Ma Chess.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Annie reveal in the conclusion of the essay she writes on the first day of school?

2. What upsets Annie when she and her mother visit the fabric store in Chapter 2?

3. What do Annie and her mother add to their "special" baths?

4. Who does most of the talking during lunchtime conversations at Annie's house?

5. Why is Annie sent home from school one day in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annie react when her mother gives her an egg cordial with two spoons of rum in it?

2. What does Mrs. John's trunk hold now and where is it kept?

3. What inspires Annie to pen the words that get her in trouble in Chapter 5?

4. What does Annie tell her father she wants in Chapter 6?

5. What unusual incident occurs when Annie's uncle dies?

6. What are the parting words Annie's mother shares with her daughter?

7. Why doesn't Annie speak to Sonia after the death of the girl's mother?

8. When was the last time Mineau and Annie played together?

9. What announcement does Mr. John make at dinner in Chapter 6?

10. Why does Annie say she likes to sit at the front of the class?

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