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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 248-319.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Kid called?
(a) Coal.
(b) Soot.
(c) Tar.
(d) Blackie.

2. In photos of Daddy Henry and his family on page 51, what was Soot's grandmother wearing?
(a) Red blouse and flowered skirt.
(b) Blue blouse and white skirt.
(c) Dark blouse and flowered skirt.
(d) White blouse and plaid skirt.

3. Where did the Author grow up?
(a) Virginia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) North Carolina.

4. What is the name of the boy at Soot's school who says that people cannot turn invisible?
(a) Bill.
(b) Darryl.
(c) Peter.
(d) Dan.

5. When Soot is stopped by the cops when he is walking at night, where does he remember a boy his age was found hanging from a tree?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Author describe the cover of his book when he sees it in a bookstore?

2. What does the Author hear before he stands to speak in the Bolton Town Hall?

3. What does Bonnie do while she and the Author wait for his luggage in Denver?

4. In a photo that Daddy Henry showed Soot, about how old was Soot's father?

5. Where is the hotel the Author is staying in when he sleeps with a desk clerk?

(see the answer key)

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