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

2. Why does Christopher's grandmother tear her handkerchief in half?
(a) To share it.
(b) No one knows.
(c) To comfort her.
(d) To sew something new.

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

4. What does Boy say the sign was for his family to leave Jamaica?
(a) The death of Miss Mattie.
(b) The hurricane season.
(c) The fires in the village.
(d) The changing political leaders.

5. What movie does Boy see at the drive-in theater?
(a) A documentary about England.
(b) Singing in the Rain.
(c) Breakfast at Tiffany's.
(d) Gone With the Wind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose headstone does Kitty visit at the cemetery?

3. In "Chapter 1," why does the narrator say the men and women in the truck claimed a piece of land?

4. What type of person's life is described, in the opening of "Chapter 2"?

5. In "Chapter 1," where do the people in the truck get their clothes from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Christopher say happened to him when he met with a Brother at the church as a child?

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

4. How do the soldiers in "Chapter 1" feel about ruinate?

5. How is the truck in "Chapter 2" connected to religion?

6. How is Clare introduced in "Chapter 4"?

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

8. What do the soldiers want to do to Miss Mattie's land?

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

10. How does Clare's life change after Kitty's death?

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