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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 Essie get chosen to be in this chapter?
(a) Homecoming Queen
(b) School monitor
(c) Head girl
(d) Captain of the basketball team

2. What does Anne earn four dollars a week doing?
(a) Cooking
(b) Playing the piano
(c) Cleaning
(d) Washing plates

3. Who do the blacks claim the fire was meant to scare?
(a) The black community
(b) The white man next door
(c) The sheriff
(d) The Ku Klux Clan

4. What makes Essie sad in this chapter?
(a) A hole in her tights
(b) Her father's absence
(c) The song
(d) The death of a friend

5. What does the family do with the money it earns picking pecans?
(a) Buys a new mule
(b) Buys new school clothes
(c) Throws a party
(d) Goes to a ball game

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Anne's school friends call her?

2. How is Jennie Ann related to Essie?

3. Who does Anne work for in this chapter?

4. What is Mr. Jenkins' father known as?

5. Which of Anne's relatives also works in the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Essie Mae think of the Centreville Bapist Church?

2. How does Anne take her mind off what is happening in Centreville?

3. What rumors spread about who started the fire in Chapter 11?

4. What event opens Anne's eyes to racial injustice in Chapter 10?

5. How does Essie's family afford to buy her a new dress as Homecoming Queen in Chapter 8?

6. How does Essie get her name changed in Chapter 9?

7. Why does Mama need Raymond?

8. In what way is Linda kind to Essie in Chapter 7?

9. Why does Mama decide to change churches in Chapter 5?

10. How does the family earn enough money for new school clothes?

(see the answer keys)

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