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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Chapter 1," where does the narrator say the soldiers sleep?
(a) In tents.
(b) Outside.
(c) In a truck-bed.
(d) In other people's houses.

2. What does Christopher say his grandmother used to call "the sleep of the righteous"?
(a) Death.
(b) Sleeping in beds.
(c) A deep sleep.
(d) A room protected by guards.

3. How does Paul feel about involving the police in his family's murder?
(a) He thinks they will blame him.
(b) He thinks they will solve the crime.
(c) He thinks they will be useless.
(d) There aren't police at this time.

4. Why does Christopher's grandmother tear her handkerchief in half?
(a) To sew something new.
(b) No one knows.
(c) To share it.
(d) To comfort her.

5. In "Chapter 1," what name is given to the land the soldiers travel through?
(a) New Jamaica.
(b) Cockpit country.
(c) White land.
(d) Ruin rumbles.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter 2," how does the narrator say many people feel about worshiping God?

2. What do the people in the back of the truck think of themselves, in "Chapter 1"?

3. When Christopher was growing up, what region did he live in?

4. In "Chapter 2," how does being far from home affect some Jamaicans?

5. In "Chapter 1," what do the soldiers see as a sign of the decline of civilization?

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