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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Jesse take from Mr. Bellamy's farm?
(a) Eggs.
(b) A chicken.
(c) Milk.
(d) Rope.

2. What does Mama throw away when she returns home?
(a) Moldy bread.
(b) The rest of the cake.
(c) Spoiled milk.
(d) Old leftovers.

3. What does someone from the search party throw against Mama's house?
(a) A rock.
(b) A brick.
(c) A beer bottle.
(d) A jar.

4. What does Prez tell Miss Mabel when he sees her?
(a) He is on the Little League team.
(b) The family is going on vacation.
(c) He is promoted to the next grade.
(d) Their family is moving.

5. What is Mama doing in anticipation of Daddy's arrival?
(a) Cleaning the house.
(b) Baking a cake.
(c) Ironing her dress.
(d) Arranging flowers.

6. Miss Beach asks Mama if she can work for two weeks in the ____________________.
(a) Orchard.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Sewing room.
(d) Attic.

7. What is the name of the town where Francie lives?
(a) Cordele.
(b) Noble.
(c) Marion.
(d) Portland.

8. What does Francie think about her father after so many disappointments?
(a) Maybe he actually does have another family.
(b) She probably won't ever see him again.
(c) He probably doesn't even remember her.
(d) Maybe he is dead.

9. What do Prez and Perry say they did with the jars?
(a) Sold them.
(b) Threw them in the creek.
(c) Smashed them.
(d) Buried them.

10. What does Francie's mother use on her hair to straighten it?
(a) Herbs.
(b) Cocoa butter.
(c) A hot iron.
(d) A blow dryer.

11. Francie can tell that Jesse is in the area because the watermelon is missing from the creek and _______________.
(a) She finds a sock.
(b) She sees Jesse's good luck charm.
(c) There are signs of a campfire.
(d) There are candy wrappers on the ground.

12. What is the last piece of mail the family receives at their house?
(a) A letter from Daddy.
(b) A postcard from California.
(c) A church bulletin.
(d) A flyer.

13. What can Francie see of Jesse when he hides in her house?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His leg.
(c) His feet.
(d) His hair.

14. What do the sheriff and his deputy ask Francie and the other children?
(a) If they saw a red pickup truck.
(b) If they have seen Jesse.
(c) When they last saw Miss Lafayette.
(d) If Francie's father has returned yet.

15. What does Mama bring home one day?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A big box.
(c) A pink hat.
(d) A kitten.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jess tell Francie he is going to catch a freight to California?

2. What does the sheriff or deputy do that shows disrespect toward the black people?

3. Prez tells Francie that Mr. Bellamy looks as if _____________________.

4. Which of the following do Mama and Francie NOT hear after returning home?

5. What does Clarissa seem to like about Francie's house?

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