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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9, White Folks, Dance, Carnival.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Hager's three daughters?
(a) Tempy, Annjee and Harriett.
(b) Sandy, Annjee, and Harriett.
(c) Tempy, Annjee and Sandy.
(d) Tempy, Sandy, and Harriett.

2. What happened to Sandy at the carnival?
(a) He stepped on a rusty nail.
(b) He missed the rest of his family.
(c) He got bored.
(d) He became nauseous on one of the rides.

3. "Work" begins with Jimboy and Sandy doing what?
(a) Talking.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

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

5. At the beginning of the story, what is Aunt Hager desperately trying to do?
(a) Get Sandy and herself into a closet.
(b) Get Sandy and herself into her cellar and get the door shut.
(c) Get Sandy and herself into a boat.
(d) Get Sandy and herself into an ambulance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Harriet wasn't permitted to sit where at school?

2. Sandy saw that his mother worked very hard and that Mrs. Rice, the blond, skinny white woman, was constantly doing what?

3. What happened to the Gavitts?

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

5. Who had Jimboy probably been trying to outdo?

(see the answer key)

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