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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who shoos Eugene away from the Brown household in Chapter 4?
(a) Vida.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Jane.
(d) Greer.

2. What is Betsey's position in her family?
(a) Youngest child.
(b) Only child.
(c) Middle child.
(d) Oldest child.

3. Who does Vida shout at in Chapter 6?
(a) Eugene.
(b) Betsey.
(c) Greer.
(d) Allard.

4. When Betsey falls asleep outside, who is playing basketball when she wakes up?
(a) Allard and Eugene.
(b) Eugene and Charlie.
(c) Greer and Eugene.
(d) Charlie and Allard.

5. What is the prize for the elocution contest?
(a) A field trip.
(b) An A on a paper.
(c) Free lunch.
(d) Roses.

6. Who is introduced as being a racist character?
(a) Betsey.
(b) Charlotte's mother.
(c) Veejay's mother.
(d) Susan Linda's mother.

7. How many buses does Betsey have to take to get to her school?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

8. In Chapter 4, which of the following occurs?
(a) Betsey is asked out on a date.
(b) Betsey gets a job.
(c) The family hires a new housekeeper.
(d) Betsey has her first kiss.

9. Who is Vida?
(a) Betsey's aunt.
(b) Charlie's mother.
(c) Greer's ex-wife.
(d) Jane's mother.

10. What is Jane's occupation?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Writer.
(c) Housekeeper.
(d) Social worker.

11. Who is beat up after their first day at an integrated school?
(a) Margot.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Allard.
(d) Betsey.

12. Who does Betsey begin to go to school with?
(a) White children.
(b) Juvenile delinquents.
(c) Only black children.
(d) Older teenagers.

13. What game do Margot and Sharon play?
(a) Solitaire.
(b) Poker.
(c) Hopscotch.
(d) Jacks.

14. What solution is reasonable to Betsey when she gets frustrated with her family?
(a) To run away.
(b) To find a new housekeeper.
(c) To separate her parents.
(d) To kill her family.

15. What does Vida confiscate from Charlie?
(a) A permanent marker.
(b) A basketball.
(c) A lighter.
(d) A cigarette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who puts out a fire that Allard starts?

2. Who is Charlie?

3. To whom does Betsey try to explain that Bernice is innocent?

4. How is Betsey treated by the other students on her first day at the white school?

5. Who is Greer?

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