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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Betsey think would make her feel better?
(a) Being like others.
(b) Being around white people.
(c) Moving to Chicago.
(d) Living with another family.

2. Which of the following best describes Carrie?
(a) She has 6 kids and 4 ex-husbands.
(b) She is very much like Greer.
(c) She is extremely educated.
(d) She mirrors Jane exactly.

3. What does Vida pray for?
(a) Jane's return.
(b) Carrie's death.
(c) Betsey to run away again.
(d) Greer's death.

4. What do the children wonder in Chapter 10?
(a) Where Vida is.
(b) Why they are being forced to go to a demonstration.
(c) What segregation is.
(d) Where Jane is.

5. After talking to Carrie in Chapter 12, what does Betsey decide to do?
(a) Ignore her teacher's orders.
(b) Outsmart her teacher.
(c) Find a different poet to write about.
(d) Stand up for herself.

6. What does Jane tell Greer he must do or she will leave?
(a) Call the police.
(b) Cry.
(c) Stop playing drums.
(d) Pray.

7. When Carrie does not show up for work, where has she been?
(a) Hospital.
(b) On vacation.
(c) Jail.
(d) Kidnapped.

8. What does Betsey declare herself of the Veiled Prophet Parade?
(a) Black Queen.
(b) Negro Princess.
(c) Negro Queen.
(d) Black King.

9. What does Betsey dream of being in Chapter 14?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A mother.
(c) An Ikette.
(d) A librarian.

10. Where is Carrie from?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Texas.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Oklahoma.

11. What does Betsey ask Greer in Chapter 9?
(a) If Jane is angry at her.
(b) If everybody is still alive.
(c) If anybody missed her.
(d) If he still loves her.

12. How does Greer comfort himself in Chapter 9?
(a) He listens to music.
(b) He plays the drums.
(c) He reads.
(d) He looks at photo albums.

13. What is the best word to describe Carrie's view of her own limitations?
(a) Realistic.
(b) There are no limits.
(c) Pessimistic.
(d) Optimistic.

14. What is Allard doing behind the garage in Chapter 11?
(a) Reading.
(b) Cleaning his clubhouse.
(c) Setting a fire.
(d) Smoking a cigarette.

15. According to the children, how might Carrie be described?
(a) She hardly helps around the house.
(b) She is mean to Betsey.
(c) She is a witch.
(d) She can do no wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Regina compare Betsey to?

2. What is Jane scared will happen at the demonstration?

3. What does Betsey move because she misses her mom too much?

4. What is Jane's reaction to Carrie calling her when she doesn't show up for work?

5. When does Greer bring up the demonstration?

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