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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 reads at night.
(c) She sings Jamaican songs.
(d) She shops in Jamaican food stores.

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

4. What does Boy do at the laundry?
(a) Delivers.
(b) Cleans the back room.
(c) Takes orders.
(d) Irons.

5. How does the narrator describe weapon manufacturing, in "Chapter 1"?
(a) A job for the strong.
(b) An English trade.
(c) A dangerous line of work.
(d) A big business.

6. What does Clare do at the end of "Chapter 4"?
(a) She goes to sleep.
(b) She delivers goods to people.
(c) She interviews people in her old village.
(d) She begins to build a house.

7. How does Clare say she felt after her mother left for Jamaica?
(a) She doesn't remember her mother leaving.
(b) Confused.
(c) Pleased.
(d) Releaved.

8. Why does Jennie come to live with Clare and Boy?
(a) Because Kitty died.
(b) Because Kitty sent her there.
(c) Because she wanted a better job.
(d) Because Boy kidnapped her.

9. What name does Kitty call Boy during an argument, in "Chapter 3"?
(a) Slave.
(b) Fool.
(c) Cheater.
(d) Black-man.

10. Where does Clare ride in the truck in "Chapter 4"?
(a) She walks next to the truck.
(b) In the back.
(c) In the front passanger seat.
(d) In the driver's seat.

11. Why does Boy cut ties with Kitty's family in New York City?
(a) He thinks they are rude.
(b) He wants to pass as white.
(c) He wants a brand new life.
(d) He is always harrassed by them.

12. How does Paul feel about involving the police in his family's murder?
(a) He thinks they will blame him.
(b) He thinks they will solve the crime.
(c) He thinks they will be useless.
(d) There aren't police at this time.

13. What do the men and women farm on their land, in "Chapter 1"?
(a) Prickly pears.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Ganja.
(d) Nothing.

14. When Christopher was growing up, what region did he live in?
(a) The ruinate.
(b) The dungle.
(c) The south.
(d) The prison yard.

15. In "Chapter 1," what origin is given for the word "ruinate"?
(a) Dutch.
(b) French.
(c) English.
(d) Jamacian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the truck head, in "Chapter 1"?

2. In "Chapter 2," what does Christopher remember about a light-skinned boy from his childhood?

3. What event happens before Kitty and Boy leave for the United States?

4. In "Chapter 1," what is in the house?

5. How are the members of Paul's family killed?

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