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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sue think the person in her house wants?
(a) To find Johnny-Boy.
(b) To drop off some laundry.
(c) To find Reva.
(d) To bring her some food.

2. What does Sue need to do with the clothes in the zinc wash tub?
(a) Wash them.
(b) Fold them.
(c) Iron them.
(d) Mend them.

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

4. Even after joining the Communists, in what did Sue find comfort?
(a) Talking to her minister.
(b) Going to church.
(c) Old spiritual songs.
(d) Being in a pray group.

5. What is she told after she speaks to the sheriff?
(a) To fix them food.
(b) To listen and shut up.
(c) That she is under arrest.
(d) To remember she's talking to white people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Johnny-Boy at the beginning of the story?

2. How does Sue feel about Reva?

3. Who told Sue about what happened to her son who went to jail?

4. What does Sue think Johnny-Boy has done wrong regarding the party?

5. Why does Sue protect her sons?

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