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

2. What does Betsey adorn herself with in Chapter 7?
(a) A robe and glitter.
(b) Sheets and pipe cleaners.
(c) Curtains and feathers.
(d) Blankets and makeup.

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

4. Who does Charlie have a crush on?
(a) Bernice.
(b) Carrie.
(c) Regina.
(d) Charlotte Anne.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Regina's boyfriend?

2. What is Jane's occupation?

3. What sport does Betsey's crush play?

4. What kind of trouble does Allard get into in Chapter 1?

5. Who are the police escorting in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carrie convince Betsey to do?

2. How does the family dynamic change when Betsey is gone?

3. What does Carrie teach the Brown children?

4. Describe Betsey as the reader is introduced to her.

5. Why does Jane see herself in Betsey?

6. How is it demonstrated that Betsey's childhood is falling away?

7. How do the children react to Jane's absence?

8. Describe Betsey's first day at the "white school."

9. What argument develops between Jane and Greer in Chapter 3?

10. Describe Betsey's father, Greer.

(see the answer keys)

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