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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made Sue feel anxious and worried at the beginning of the story?
(a) Her mother has been ill.
(b) Her brother went into the hospital.
(c) She learned a Communist meeting had been called.
(d) Sug was supposed to be home yesterday.

2. What seemed to continually test Sue's faith?
(a) The pain in her body.
(b) The discrimination towards black people.
(c) Her husband's illness.
(d) Her sons' behavior.

3. What is one of the most consistent situations we read about in Sue's life?
(a) Losing people she loves.
(b) Not taking care of her family.
(c) Having a string of lovers.
(d) Working too hard, but making good money.

4. Who is Sue thinking about in the opening paragraphs of the story?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Johnny-Boy.
(c) Her sister, Ethel.
(d) Her dead husband.

5. When will Sue tell Johnny-Boy the meeting needs to be called off?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) While he eats.
(c) The day before the meeting.
(d) After he wakes up and eats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sue tell Johnny-Boy about the meeting?

2. What did Sue see as taking precedence over her life?

3. Even after joining the Communists, in what did Sue find comfort?

4. What does Reva tell Sue to tell Johnny-Boy?

5. What does Johnny-Boy do when he comes home?

(see the answer key)

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