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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Kitty has a flashback in "Chapter 3," what does Dorothy tell her?
(a) That the war is coming.
(b) That Kitty must go back to sleep.
(c) That someone probably has died.
(d) That she will be arrested soon.

2. How does Clare learn that Miss Mattie's land has been abandoned?
(a) It is in the news.
(b) A relative tells Boy.
(c) Jennie tells her.
(d) A lost letter from Kitty.

3. In "Chapter 1," what name is given to the land the soldiers travel through?
(a) White land.
(b) New Jamaica.
(c) Ruin rumbles.
(d) Cockpit country.

4. Why does Boy criticize Kitty's cooking, in "Chapter 3"?
(a) He thinks it is too ethnic.
(b) He thinks it's too American.
(c) He thinks it is boring.
(d) He thinks there isn't enough meat.

5. In the beginning of "Chapter 4," where is the truck headed?
(a) Over a bridge.
(b) Up a mountain.
(c) Through a city.
(d) Across a shallow river.

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

7. In "Chapter 1," what word is used interchangeably with "ruinate"?
(a) Jungle.
(b) Bush.
(c) Trash.
(d) Shrubbery.

8. Why does Miss Mattie's granddaughter feel drawn to help others?
(a) Because her grandmother did the same.
(b) Because it is her punishment.
(c) Because her boyfriend enjoys it.
(d) Because she wants to make up for her sins.

9. 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.

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

11. Who takes Clare to see "Gone with the Wind"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) An uncle.
(c) A teacher.
(d) Her father.

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

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

14. Where are the words "no telephone to heaven" painted?
(a) On a shack.
(b) On a government building.
(c) On a billboard.
(d) On a truck.

15. In "Chapter 1," what is in the house?
(a) Money.
(b) Illegal drugs.
(c) White men.
(d) Dangerous animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter 1," how are the races of the people in the back of the truck described?

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

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

4. Who used to own the land the men and women in the truck reclaimed?

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

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