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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 do the people in the truck get their clothes from?
(a) They buy them in America.
(b) They make them themselves.
(c) They are gifts from the government.
(d) They are stolen or borrowed.

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

3. In "Chapter 2," how does being far from home affect some Jamaicans?
(a) They gain power from it.
(b) They are sad with it.
(c) They feel free because of it.
(d) They are frustrated with it.

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

5. How is Miss Mattie's granddaughter's skin described?
(a) Dark.
(b) Medium.
(c) Light.
(d) Mottled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men and women farm on their land, in "Chapter 1"?

2. According to the narrator, why were the lands originally taken from the Jamaicans?

3. In "Chapter 1," what do the people carry with them in the truck?

4. How does the narrator describe weapon manufacturing, in "Chapter 1"?

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

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