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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Clare return home early during her visit with Liz, in "Chapter 5"?
(a) She is starting to get sick.
(b) Liz ends their meeting early.
(c) She is tired.
(d) She feels out of place.

2. Who ended up taking in Harry/Harriet after his rape?
(a) His birth mother.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His birth father.
(d) His aunt.

3. What role did Bobby play in the Vietnam war?
(a) He was a deserter.
(b) He organized anti-war rallys.
(c) He was a general.
(d) He was a journalist in Vietnam.

4. When does Clare see the Jamaican orphans?
(a) As she drives through the mountains.
(b) After the murders of Paul's family.
(c) Before meeting her maternal aunt.
(d) As she is leaving for her plane.

5. At the end of Harry/Harriet's letter, he says Clare must do more than _____?
(a) Learn.
(b) Pray.
(c) Travel.
(d) Sing.

6. When does Clare assume Bobby left her?
(a) While she was reading Harry/Harriet's letter.
(b) After she fell asleep.
(c) During her shower.
(d) When she went to the store for alcohol.

7. In "Chapter 7," what is the woman said to have in her bag?
(a) Charms.
(b) Magic.
(c) Money.
(d) Teeth.

8. Why is Harry referred to as Harry/Harriet?
(a) Because he hates his real name.
(b) Because he has two names.
(c) Because he is transgendered.
(d) Because Harry is short for Harriet.

9. What does the proverb in "Chapter 10" say about black people's deaths?
(a) They are forgotten.
(b) They don't exist.
(c) They are more painful.
(d) They are never natural.

10. Where does Bobby go to try to heal the wound on his leg?
(a) The United States.
(b) South America.
(c) Asia.
(d) Europe.

11. Where does the quote in "Chapter 5" originally come from?
(a) A newspaper article.
(b) A song.
(c) A Bible passage.
(d) A poem.

12. What does the interviewer ask Clare about killing for food?
(a) If she would slaughter a pig.
(b) If she would be killed for someone else to eat.
(c) If she would kill a person to eat.
(d) If she has ever wrung the neck of a chicken.

13. In "Chapter 7," what is said to have happened to the woman's children?
(a) They killed her.
(b) They were never born.
(c) They stole her jewelry.
(d) They left her.

14. Why does the film crew come to Jamaica?
(a) They are making a documentary about revolution.
(b) They heard it was a good place to shoot a movie.
(c) They are looking for black actors.
(d) They are lost.

15. Where does Clare first go when she arrives in Jamaica?
(a) Her aunt's house.
(b) Miss Mattie's land.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Harry/Harriet's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Clare do with her mother's old school books when she finds them, in "Chapter 11"?

2. In "Chapter 10," what does Clare describe to Harry/Harriet?

3. Where does Christopher get the nickname "the watchman"?

4. What happens to the white people in the quote, at the beginning of "Chapter 11"?

5. In "Chapter 7," how is the woman described?

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