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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the beginning of "Chapter 1," what has just ended?
(a) A stock market crash.
(b) A day at work.
(c) A heavy rain.
(d) A long war.

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

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

5. When Kitty has a flashback in "Chapter 3," what does she remember waking her up at night?
(a) A nightmare.
(b) A thunderstorm.
(c) Crying children.
(d) Barking dogs.

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

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

8. How do the soldiers feel about the house, in "Chapter 1"?
(a) They want to burn it.
(b) They are grateful to the people who live there.
(c) They try to take it over.
(d) They ignore it.

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

10. In "Chapter 1," what do the people carry with them in the truck?
(a) Supplies and children.
(b) Clothing and weapons.
(c) Money and empty crates.
(d) Weapons and supplies.

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

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clare do at the end of "Chapter 4"?

2. What do the men and women farm on their land, in "Chapter 1"?

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

4. How many daughters do Kitty and Boy have?

5. In "Chapter 2," how is Christopher's childhood home described?

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