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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Betsey search the sky for in Chapter 5?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Faith.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Strength.

2. What is Bernice's last name?
(a) Alvarez.
(b) Juniper.
(c) Calhoun.
(d) Sampson.

3. Who is Charlie?
(a) Betsey's brother.
(b) Vida's son.
(c) Betsey's cousin.
(d) Greer's child from a previous marriage.

4. What kind of poem are two girls in Betsey's class practicing?
(a) A poem her father wrote.
(b) A poem by a black man.
(c) A racy poem.
(d) A Shakespearean sonnet.

5. What causes Vida to dislike Bernice immediately?
(a) Her personality.
(b) Her teeth.
(c) Her education.
(d) Her hair.

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

7. What instrument does Greer use to gather the children in the morning?
(a) Bass drum.
(b) Banjo.
(c) Conga drum.
(d) Electric guitar.

8. Who is blamed for chicken grease all over the kitchen?
(a) Jane.
(b) Bernice.
(c) Betsey.
(d) Vida.

9. To Vida, what does Regina represent?
(a) Tradition.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Change.
(d) Sexuality.

10. What kind of trouble does Allard get into in Chapter 1?
(a) He steals something.
(b) He brings a knife to school.
(c) He sets a fire.
(d) He hits his sister.

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

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

13. In Chapter 5, where does Betsey sit when she thinks about school integration?
(a) Veejay's house.
(b) Her bedroom.
(c) Susan Linda's house.
(d) Her retreat.

14. Who is hurt by Betsey's bragging about getting rid of Bernice?
(a) Veejay.
(b) Mavis.
(c) Charlotte Anne.
(d) Susan Linda.

15. How old is Betsey?
(a) 15.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Betsey's siblings?

2. How does Betsey feel after she makes it home from her first day of integrated school?

3. Who volunteers to get rid of the hopscotch board outside?

4. What does Veejay's mother do for a living?

5. What does Betsey often think about?

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