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

2. In "Chapter 1," what word is used interchangeably with "ruinate"?
(a) Shrubbery.
(b) Jungle.
(c) Bush.
(d) Trash.

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

4. In "Chapter 1," what origin is given for the word "ruinate"?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Jamacian.
(d) Dutch.

5. In "Chapter 1," where does the narrator say the soldiers sleep?
(a) In tents.
(b) In other people's houses.
(c) In a truck-bed.
(d) Outside.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Christopher's grandmother tear her handkerchief in half?

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

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

5. How many daughters do Kitty and Boy have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is ruinate?

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

4. Why is Kitty homesick in New York City?

5. In "Chapter 1," how are the soldiers' lifestyles described?

6. What flashback occurs in "Chapter 3"?

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

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

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

10. What is revealed about Paul and Christopher when they talk to each other, in "Chapter 2"?

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