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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. How is Miss Mattie's granddaughter's skin described?
(a) Mottled.
(b) Dark.
(c) Light.
(d) Medium.

2. When Paul comes home in "Chapter 2," what does he see?
(a) His parents waiting up for him.
(b) A fire in his backyard.
(c) A mysterious car.
(d) Someone puking in his pool.

3. In "Chapter 1," what name is given to the land the soldiers travel through?
(a) Ruin rumbles.
(b) Cockpit country.
(c) White land.
(d) New Jamaica.

4. In the opening quote of "Chapter 3," what is the lover?
(a) A criminal.
(b) A fool.
(c) A president.
(d) An assassin.

5. How does Clare learn that Miss Mattie's land has been abandoned?
(a) A lost letter from Kitty.
(b) Jennie tells her.
(c) A relative tells Boy.
(d) It is in the news.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who used to own the land the men and women in the truck reclaimed?

2. Why won't Charles help Christopher find his grandmother's body?

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

4. How does Clare's father feel about telling her she is black?

5. Why did Paul consider Clare to be cold when he was still alive?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Miss Mattie?

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

5. What does the truck do, in "Chapter 1"?

6. What job does Kitty have, in "Chapter 3"?

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

8. What happens after Kitty changes the notes, in "Chapter 3"?

9. Why is ganja important to the soldiers?

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

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