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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like at the opening of Bright and Morning Star?
(a) It is snowing.
(b) It is warm, but cloudy.
(c) It is raining.
(d) It is sunny.

2. What does the word 'reiterate' mean?
(a) To return home.
(b) To argue about principle.
(c) To say again.
(d) To stare in silence.

3. What does Sue do to ease her fear?
(a) Watches television.
(b) Sings a song she learned from her mother.
(c) Goes into town.
(d) Reads the Bible.

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

5. What does Sue sense that night about her son, Johnny-Boy?
(a) He will soon be married.
(b) He will be shot and killed.
(c) He is going to bust his brother out of jail.
(d) She will soon be saying good-bye to him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Sue do when she quits ironing?

3. How did Sue feel about people who tried to destroy the Party?

4. How does Sue feel towards white people?

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

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