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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does Paul have help him bury his family members?
(a) A neighbor.
(b) The gardener.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) The maid.

3. How are the members of Paul's family killed?
(a) Paul doesn't know.
(b) They are shot.
(c) Their throats are slit.
(d) They are drowned.

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

5. Why does the author ask what has happened to the woman, in "Chapter 7"?
(a) Because she is needed.
(b) Because she wants to interview her.
(c) Because she left mysteriously.
(d) Because they are related.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Brother at the church give Christopher as a child?

2. What does Bobby reveal about his wound after Clare becomes pregnant?

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

4. How does Clare feel about going away to college?

5. Why do the Jamaican orphans have light skin?

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