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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Betsey often think about?
(a) Whether or not her mother actually loves her.
(b) Love.
(c) Elocution.
(d) Household chores.

2. What are the names of Betsey's siblings?
(a) Margot, Charlie, Eugene.
(b) Margot, Sharon, Allard.
(c) Roscoe, Regina, Allard.
(d) Allard, Sharon, Mavis.

3. What silent pact do Greer and Jane have with each other?
(a) Not to talk to the kids about school.
(b) Not to talk to Vida about school integration.
(c) Not to discipline the children.
(d) Not to contradict one another.

4. What is the name of Betsey's new school?
(a) Dewey.
(b) Franklin.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Hamilton.

5. Where did trespassing occur in Chapter 2?
(a) A white school.
(b) A white neighborhood.
(c) A church.
(d) A restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the story take place?

2. What is it that Greer believes his wife has?

3. What does the reader learn about Veejay in Chapter 4?

4. Who is beat up after their first day at an integrated school?

5. Who shoos Eugene away from the Brown household in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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