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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Clare return home early during her visit with Liz, in "Chapter 5"?
(a) She is starting to get sick.
(b) Liz ends their meeting early.
(c) She is tired.
(d) She feels out of place.

2. When does Clare's father tell her she is black?
(a) After she meets her aunts.
(b) After the death of John F. Kennedy.
(c) When she turns 16.
(d) Before she visits the doctor.

3. What name does Kitty call Boy during an argument, in "Chapter 3"?
(a) Slave.
(b) Fool.
(c) Cheater.
(d) Black-man.

4. How does the narrator describe weapon manufacturing, in "Chapter 1"?
(a) A job for the strong.
(b) A dangerous line of work.
(c) An English trade.
(d) A big business.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Chapter 7," what is the woman said to have in her bag?

3. What does Boy do at the laundry?

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

5. In "Chapter 1," what origin is given for the word "ruinate"?

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