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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-24, Beyond the Jordan, Tempy's House, A Shelf of Books.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Sandy feel about moving in with Tempy?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Sad.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Happy.

2. Aunt Hager argued that they shouldn't hate white people but do what?
(a) Fear them.
(b) Pray for them.
(c) Take care of them.
(d) Do what they ask.

3. What did Tempy and her husband's friends avoid?
(a) All black people.
(b) Revivals, singing all the time and watermelon.
(c) Cleaning supplies.
(d) Church and all black people.

4. What did Harriet do that night when she came home late?
(a) She packed her bags and caught the next train to New York City.
(b) She packed her bags and moved in with her boyfriend.
(c) She wrote a nasty note to Aunt Hager.
(d) She packed her bags and ran off with the circus.

5. Hager, Annjee and Sandy are very poor, so poor that they can't afford what?
(a) A wreath or cake icing.
(b) Food.
(c) Warm clothes.
(d) Heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Tempy's employer left her as a token of her appreciation?

2. Sandy wonders if he could ever be __________ and whether the Lord even cared if someone was black or white, or male or female.

3. Would Harriett's white girlfriends talk to her after school?

4. Old Sister Johnson had lived through slavery, and after being freed, she and a large number of other blacks started up a town called _____________.

5. What happened to Sandy at the carnival?

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