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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In "Chapter 1," where does the narrator say the soldiers sleep?
(a) Outside.
(b) In other people's houses.
(c) In tents.
(d) In a truck-bed.

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Kitty begin changing the notes at the laundry?
(a) She wants to correct the grammar.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She is given the task as a new job.
(d) She thinks she is telling funny jokes.

10. What event happens before Kitty and Boy leave for the United States?
(a) A murder.
(b) A robbery.
(c) A political change.
(d) An illness.

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

12. At the end of "Chapter 4," where does the truck end up?
(a) A burned out farm.
(b) A cave.
(c) A busy city.
(d) A remote settlement.

13. Who does Charles have Christopher first serve?
(a) Charles's sister.
(b) Paul's brother.
(c) Himself.
(d) Charles's wife.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Christopher do after killing Paul's family?

2. Whose headstone does Kitty visit at the cemetery?

3. Why does Jennie believe Clare was left in the United States?

4. What job does Kitty interview for in "Chapter 3"?

5. In the opening quote of "Chapter 3," what is the lover?

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