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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Mattie's granddaughter do to help others, in "Chapter 1."
(a) She gives them food.
(b) She gives them rides in a truck.
(c) She raises money for them.
(d) She builds them homes.

2. Why does Christopher's grandmother tear her handkerchief in half?
(a) To sew something new.
(b) No one knows.
(c) To comfort her.
(d) To share it.

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

4. Why is Paul groggy when he discovers the bodies of his family members?
(a) He has been drinking.
(b) He suffers from a mental illness.
(c) He is sick.
(d) He is tired.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kitty begin changing the notes at the laundry?

2. In "Chapter 1," what do the soldiers see as a sign of the decline of civilization?

3. How is Miss Mattie's granddaughter's skin described?

4. How are the members of Paul's family killed?

5. Why does Kitty's interview in "Chapter 3" go poorly?

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