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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 "Seventh Street".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Esther described physically?
(a) Pale.
(b) Tan.
(c) Dark.
(d) White.

2. What did the townspeople secretly bring Becky?
(a) Tools.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Their problems.

3. Who lives on Seventh Street?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Whites.
(d) Criminals.

4. To whose singing does the author repeatedly compare Fern's face?
(a) A churchgoer.
(b) A field worker.
(c) A Jewish cantor.
(d) An angel child.

5. Where was Becky's house?
(a) In a forest.
(b) Next to the railroad tracks.
(c) On a farm.
(d) In the center of town.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Carma's story?

2. Washington is described as primarily what ethnic make-up?

3. How does Esther think that men feel about her?

4. Who does the narrator blame for the end of Carma's story?

5. How do the men in Fern's city feel about her after the narrator begins to pay her attention?

(see the answer key)

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