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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did Paul consider Clare to be cold when he was still alive?
(a) Because she didn't take him to the doctor.
(b) Because she used his friends for their money.
(c) Because she ignored his gifts.
(d) Because she left him after they made love.

4. Who used to own the land the men and women in the truck reclaimed?
(a) Miss Mattie.
(b) No one knows.
(c) Rupert Goldstein.
(d) Mr. Walker.

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

6. What does the Brother at the church give Christopher as a child?
(a) A rosary.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A picture of Christ.
(d) A wooden cross.

7. Where does the truck head, in "Chapter 1"?
(a) Through a tunnel.
(b) Off a cliff.
(c) Across a river.
(d) Around the mountain.

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

9. What does Clare say happened to Kitty's letters over the years?
(a) They became difficult to understand.
(b) They became longer.
(c) They were less frequent.
(d) They were censored.

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

11. In "Chapter 2," who is the first person Christopher speaks to when he arrives at Paul's house?
(a) Paul.
(b) Charles.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Mavis.

12. How old is Christopher when his grandmother dies?
(a) 7.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

13. Where was Clare a graduate student?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Port-au-Prince.
(d) New York City.

14. Why won't Charles help Christopher find his grandmother's body?
(a) He believes Christopher should do it himself.
(b) He thinks it has been too long.
(c) He is afraid of death.
(d) He is too busy to help.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Kitty's death, what does Clare feel she must do?

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

3. How do the men in "Chapter 1" get their weapons?

4. Who brings Kitty to the United States?

5. In "Chapter 4," what ethnicity is Boy's girlfriend?

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