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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. Who puts out a fire that Allard starts?
(a) Greer.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Betsey.
(d) Vida.

2. What name does Betsey consider to be more adventurous than her own?
(a) Denza.
(b) Beverly.
(c) Cora.
(d) Belinda.

3. Where is Miss. Maureen from?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Texas.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Minnesota.

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

5. To whom does Betsey try to explain that Bernice is innocent?
(a) Vida.
(b) Jane.
(c) Greer.
(d) Mrs.Maureen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Betsey dance to in Chapter 7?

2. What is Betsey's position in her family?

3. Who does Betsey have a crush on?

4. What does Betsey adorn herself with in Chapter 7?

5. What is the name of the girl who Vida calls "po white trash"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jane feel subordinate in her own home whens he returns?

2. How does Betsey try to get back at Bernice?

3. What foreshadowing is present in Chapter 12?

4. How does Betsey view black children in comparison to white children?

5. Why does Betsey want to win the elocution contest?

6. Why does Greer stop doing quizzes and drumming?

7. How do Jane and Vida feel about segregation?

8. How does Betsey feel about white people in Chapter 7?

9. What does Carrie teach the Brown children?

10. How has Betsey's romance with Eugene progressed in Chapter 11?

(see the answer keys)

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