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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 is the date in Chapter 23?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2002.
(d) 2004.

2. How far of a drive is the prison where Derek is incarcerated from Memphis?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 3 hours.
(c) 3 1/2 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

3. What day of the week is it in Chapter 15?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Wednesday.

4. In Chapter 15, what does August make for breakfast?
(a) Grits and salt pork.
(b) Bacon and eggs.
(c) Grits and ham.
(d) Ham and eggs.

5. What is Professor Mason's first name?
(a) Robert.
(b) Ellsworth.
(c) Bartram.
(d) William.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls early in Chapter 23?

2. In Chapters 20, who comes to see Joan when she is in history class?

3. What time does Joan hear the phone ring in Chapter 23?

4. In Chapter 23, how old is Joan?

5. In Chapter 19, what does Hazel bring Myron for lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the conditions like when Hazel's mother sends her to the store in Chpater 13?

2. How does Myron die?

3. Why does Miriam want Joan to be a doctor?

4. Why does August want the children walked to school by armed gun members in Chapter 15?

5. How do the visits August makes to see Derek affect her?

6. Why is Derek arrested in Chapter 18?

7. What does Miss Dawn tell Joan when Joan tells her about applying to art school in London?

8. Why does Joan go to Sunday Mass?

9. What was Derek's trial like?

10. What does Professor Mason, Joan's art teacher at Rhodes suggest her senior year?

(see the answer keys)

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