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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Chapter 1," what do the soldiers see as a sign of the decline of civilization?
(a) Women and children running wild.
(b) Deseased crops and trees.
(c) Overrun houses and fields.
(d) Burned down cities.

2. Who first meets up with Kitty and Boy when they go to New York City?
(a) Kitty's parents.
(b) Kitty's cousins.
(c) Boy's parents.
(d) Boy's cousins.

3. What does Boy's girlfriend suggest to Jennie, in "Chapter 4"?
(a) That she spend less money on herself.
(b) That she meet an American man.
(c) That she learn a useful trade.
(d) That she try to become more American.

4. What event of the American Civil Rights movement does Clare say most affected her?
(a) The lunch counter sit-ins.
(b) The bus boycotts.
(c) The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) The bombing of a church.

5. In "Chapter 1," who is considered to be the force behind civilization?
(a) The women.
(b) The Jamaicans.
(c) The English.
(d) The children.

6. In the opening quote of "Chapter 3," what is the lover?
(a) An assassin.
(b) A criminal.
(c) A fool.
(d) A president.

7. Whose headstone does Kitty visit at the cemetery?
(a) She visits several graves.
(b) A teenaged girl's.
(c) Her mother's.
(d) A former slave's.

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

9. In "Chapter 4," what ethnicity is Boy's girlfriend?
(a) Polish.
(b) Cuban.
(c) Italian.
(d) German.

10. Why does Kitty's interview in "Chapter 3" go poorly?
(a) The interviewer finds out she's from Jamaica.
(b) Kitty is too nervous.
(c) The interview dislikes her accent.
(d) Kitty lies and is caught.

11. What does Jennie do when she first comes to the United States that reminds Boy of Kitty?
(a) She reads at night.
(b) She shops in Jamaican food stores.
(c) She sings Jamaican songs.
(d) She sews her own clothes.

12. Where do Kitty and Boy first land in the United States?
(a) Florida.
(b) Texas.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) New York.

13. How is Clare's skin described?
(a) Dark.
(b) Mottled.
(c) Yellowish.
(d) Pale.

14. In "Chapter 2," how does being far from home affect some Jamaicans?
(a) They gain power from it.
(b) They are sad with it.
(c) They are frustrated with it.
(d) They feel free because of it.

15. Where do the soldiers plan on training, in "Chapter 1"?
(a) They don't know where they will train yet.
(b) In a soldier school.
(c) On their farm.
(d) In the United Stated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Christopher say his grandmother used to call "the sleep of the righteous"?

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

3. In "Chapter 4," what makes Clare nearly lose her balance?

4. How does Clare learn that Miss Mattie's land has been abandoned?

5. When Kitty has a flashback in "Chapter 3," what does Dorothy tell her?

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