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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Kitty interview for in "Chapter 3"?
(a) A job at a bank.
(b) A job with a newspaper.
(c) A receptionist.
(d) A teacher.

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

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

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

5. In "Chapter 2," how is Christopher's childhood home described?
(a) As being colorful.
(b) As being covered in garbage.
(c) As being ruined by a hurricane.
(d) As being devoid of love.

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

7. How are the members of Paul's family killed?
(a) They are drowned.
(b) Paul doesn't know.
(c) They are shot.
(d) Their throats are slit.

8. Why does Kitty visit several grocery stores, in "Chapter 3"?
(a) To learn English.
(b) To get out of the house.
(c) To find Jamaican food.
(d) To get the best prices.

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

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

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

12. In "Chapter 2," how does the unnamed man with the truck pay to go to London?
(a) With an inheritance.
(b) With money from stolen goods.
(c) With drug money.
(d) With the help of a rich man.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Clare feel about going away to college?

2. Who takes Clare to see "Gone with the Wind"?

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

4. According to the narrator, why were the lands originally taken from the Jamaicans?

5. Why does Kitty visit the cemetery?

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