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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, why were the lands originally taken from the Jamaicans?
(a) To build apartment buildings.
(b) To prove English power.
(c) To be cleared for agriculture.
(d) To try to help the native farmers.

2. What does Christopher do after killing Paul's family?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He jumps in the pool.
(c) He sits outside.
(d) He goes to church.

3. How do the men in "Chapter 1" get their weapons?
(a) They steal them.
(b) They trade for them.
(c) They build them.
(d) They buy them from the United States.

4. Where does the truck head, in "Chapter 1"?
(a) Around the mountain.
(b) Off a cliff.
(c) Through a tunnel.
(d) Across a river.

5. Who used to own the land the men and women in the truck reclaimed?
(a) Miss Mattie.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Rupert Goldstein.
(d) Mr. Walker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the words "no telephone to heaven" painted?

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

3. How does Paul feel about involving the police in his family's murder?

4. In "Chapter 2," who is the first person Christopher speaks to when he arrives at Paul's house?

5. What does Harriet do for a living?

(see the answer key)

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