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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 the proverb in "Chapter 10" say about black people's deaths?
(a) They are more painful.
(b) They are forgotten.
(c) They are never natural.
(d) They don't exist.

2. Why is Maypen Cemetery dug up?
(a) To give the people their proper burials.
(b) To build more city.
(c) No one knows why.
(d) To get the homeless population there to leave.

3. In "Chapter 6," how does Bobby react when Clare says she is going to get food in the middle of the night?
(a) He thinks she is halucinating.
(b) He thinks she will leave him for good.
(c) He is worried that she will get lost.
(d) He asks to come with her.

4. Why does Christopher cry at the end of "Chapter 9"?
(a) Because he regrets killing Paul and his family.
(b) Because his life has nothing in it.
(c) Because the old women are burning.
(d) Because the cemetery is gone.

5. Why does Clare go to the film shooting location?
(a) To try to get in the movie.
(b) To shoot the people making the movie.
(c) To deliver supplies to the crew.
(d) To watch the movie being filmed.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter 5," who does Clare visit in Jamaica?

2. Who ended up taking in Harry/Harriet after his rape?

3. How does Clare know Miss Cherry?

4. What does Bobby do when Clare asks him about the Vietnam war?

5. While out with Liz in "Chapter 5," what does Clare see memorials to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clare do with her friend Liz, in "Chapter 5"?

2. What does Clare do when she arrives at the movie set, in "Chapter 11"?

3. Why are there Americans in Jamaica, in "Chapter 11"?

4. How is the woman in "Chapter 7" described?

5. What happens to Clare during her ship ride to Jamaica, in "Chapter 8"?

6. What does Clare realize about Liz after they visit, in "Chapter 5"?

7. What is the author worried about, in "Chapter 7"?

8. What happens to Christopher after murdering Paul and his family?

9. Why is Clare interviewed, in "Chapter 10"?

10. What does Clare do when she arrives at Miss Mattie's land, in "Chapter 8"?

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