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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event happens before Kitty and Boy leave for the United States?
(a) A murder.
(b) An illness.
(c) A political change.
(d) A robbery.

2. In "Chapter 1," why does the narrator say the men and women in the truck claimed a piece of land?
(a) Because it was overgrown.
(b) Because it was near the water.
(c) Because it was rumored to hide gold.
(d) Because it was legally theirs.

3. How does Clare learn that Miss Mattie's land has been abandoned?
(a) A lost letter from Kitty.
(b) It is in the news.
(c) A relative tells Boy.
(d) Jennie tells her.

4. In "Chapter 2," how does the unnamed man with the truck pay to go to London?
(a) With drug money.
(b) With an inheritance.
(c) With the help of a rich man.
(d) With money from stolen goods.

5. Why does Boy criticize Kitty's cooking, in "Chapter 3"?
(a) He thinks it is boring.
(b) He thinks it's too American.
(c) He thinks it is too ethnic.
(d) He thinks there isn't enough meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of person's life is described, in the opening of "Chapter 2"?

2. In "Chapter 1," where do the people in the truck get their clothes from?

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

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

5. What event of the American Civil Rights movement does Clare say most affected her?

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