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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Clare a graduate student?
(a) New York City.
(b) Port-au-Prince.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

2. Why does Kitty begin changing the notes at the laundry?
(a) She is given the task as a new job.
(b) She wants to correct the grammar.
(c) She is angry.
(d) She thinks she is telling funny jokes.

3. In "Chapter 2," who is the first person Christopher speaks to when he arrives at Paul's house?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Charles.
(c) Paul.
(d) Evelyn.

4. What does Clare say happened when her father tried to register her as white for school?
(a) She was forced to take a test.
(b) She was given preferential treatment.
(c) He was caught lying.
(d) He was arrested.

5. What event of the American Civil Rights movement does Clare say most affected her?
(a) The bombing of a church.
(b) The lunch counter sit-ins.
(c) The bus boycotts.
(d) The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Boy Savage feel about going to the United States?

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

3. What does Boy say the sign was for his family to leave Jamaica?

4. In "Chapter 1," who is considered to be the force behind civilization?

5. In "Chapter 1," what is in the house?

(see the answer key)

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