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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of person's life is described, in the opening of "Chapter 2"?
(a) A politician.
(b) A white man.
(c) A slave.
(d) A woman.

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

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

4. In "Chapter 1," how are the races of the people in the back of the truck described?
(a) Dark-skinned blacks.
(b) Light-skinned blacks.
(c) Mixed races.
(d) Asians and whites.

5. In "Chapter 1," what word is used interchangeably with "ruinate"?
(a) Trash.
(b) Shrubbery.
(c) Bush.
(d) Jungle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Clare say happened when her father tried to register her as white for school?

3. Why does Christopher's grandmother tear her handkerchief in half?

4. Where does the truck head, in "Chapter 1"?

5. What does Jennie make Clare question in "Chapter 4"?

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