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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. Who brings Kitty to the United States?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her husband.

2. What makes Christopher want to find his grandmother and put her to rest?
(a) A vision of his grandmother.
(b) A comment from Charles.
(c) A note from a neighbor.
(d) A Bible passage.

3. 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.

4. Whose face is on the notes used at the laundry?
(a) Mrs. White.
(b) Kitty.
(c) Two children.
(d) An old man.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Chapter 2," how does the unnamed man with the truck pay to go to London?

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

4. What does Jennie make Clare question in "Chapter 4"?

5. When Christopher was growing up, what region did he live in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Clare's relationship with Paul defined?

2. What happens when the Hispanic woman comes into the laundry, in "Chapter 3"?

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

4. How does Boy feel about life in America, in "Chapter 3"?

5. What does Christopher do, at the end of "Chapter 2"?

6. What does Kitty do with the notes, in "Chapter 3"?

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

8. What is ruinate?

9. How does Clare feel about her relationship with Kitty after Kitty returns to Jamaica?

10. Who is Miss Mattie?

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