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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 Francie do as she sits under the pecan tree?
(a) Does crossword puzzles.
(b) Knits a sweater.
(c) Reads a book.
(d) Watches the trains.

2. What does Francie's mother warn Francie about regarding white people?
(a) Don't trust them.
(b) Don't listen to their conversations.
(c) Don't walk in front of them.
(d) Don't speak to them.

3. What are the men doing in the store when Francie is there?
(a) Arguing about a bill.
(b) Arguing in the back of the store.
(c) Unloading a shipment of products.
(d) Quietly discussing someone's illness.

4. What does Francie withhold from her Mother?
(a) Her paycheck.
(b) A letter from her Father.
(c) Her affection.
(d) Her grade card.

5. How much does Francie pay for a Scooter Pie?
(a) A quarter.
(b) A nickel.
(c) A dime.
(d) A penny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Francie's last name?

2. What does Granny drink when she stops by Francie's house?

3. A young woman dressed as a ________________ approaches Francie.

4. What sound does Francie hear as she sits under a tree reading her book?

5. Who is Francie's teacher?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mama tell Francie when she is concerned about Jesse's welfare?

2. Where do Prez, Perry, and Jesse work? Why can Jesse not take a break to talk to Francie?

3. How is Francie treated at Diller's Drugs and what does Mr. Diller accuse her of?

4. Why is Francie so intent on teaching Jesse to read?

5. What are some of the elements in Francie's world that are causing her so much angst lately?

6. How is Clarissa's room a stark contrast for the way Francie lives?

7. Why do Francie and her mother have to endure humiliation from white people?

8. What do Miss Beach and a lot of other people think about Francie's father?

9. Who is Alberta and how does Francie meet her?

10. Why does Francie end up in town on the way home? What does she see Holly Grace doing there?

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