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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (pages 149 - 188).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Sarah's secret about her heritage?
(a) That her mother was black.
(b) That she has one black grandparent.
(c) That both her parents were black.
(d) That her father was black.

2. How do Hanna and Laura know each other?
(a) They were next door neighbors as children.
(b) They met in a support group.
(c) They are sisters.
(d) They met at work.

3. What is the name of the narrator's sister's boyfriend in "I Am A Knife"?
(a) Bennett.
(b) Grant.
(c) Alvarez.
(d) William.

4. What does Natasha's mother say to her when she tells her what happened to her young son in "Break All the Way Down"?
(a) Natasha's mother asks what hospital she is at so she can meet her there.
(b) Natasha's mother tells her the accident was not her fault.
(c) Natasha's mother asks her how she could have let such an accident happen.
(d) Natasha's mother tells her she should ask the doctor for some sedatives.

5. What city in Florida has Marcy moved to?
(a) Orlando.
(b) Pensacola.
(c) Gables.
(d) Naples.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Ben and Natasha do with the baby they have been given to care for?

2. What is Milly's best physical feature?

3. What kinds of services does the spa in the gated community in Naples offer that cause consternation among some residents?

4. What does Kate do for a living?

5. The narrator refers to herself as a knife. What does she refer to her husband as?

(see the answer key)

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