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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Chapter 4," what makes Clare nearly lose her balance?
(a) Having too much to drink.
(b) Not eating for a day.
(c) Falling out of the truck.
(d) The swerving truck.

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

4. What does Harriet do for a living?
(a) Singer.
(b) Writer.
(c) Drag artist.
(d) Painter.

5. What do the people in the back of the truck think of themselves, in "Chapter 1"?
(a) That they are bettering their lives.
(b) That they will receive help soon.
(c) That they are teachers.
(d) That they are soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miss Mattie's granddaughter do to help others, in "Chapter 1."

2. What does Boy's girlfriend suggest to Jennie, in "Chapter 4"?

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

4. Whose headstone does Kitty visit at the cemetery?

5. Whose face is on the notes used at the laundry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What probably leads Christopher to kill Paul's family?

2. Why is Kitty homesick in New York City?

3. How does Jennie adjust to life in the United States, in "Chapter 4"?

4. What has happened to the house described, in "Chapter 1"?

5. How does Clare say she learned about her blackness?

6. What things does Boy think will ruin his family's chance to pass as white?

7. What happens when Clare asks Jennie about their mother, in "Chapter 4"?

8. What happens when Christopher has a vision of his grandmother?

9. What is ruinate?

10. What happens when Paul comes home, in "Chapter 2"?

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