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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. That night the white people came in, evicted the blacks of this town and did what?
(a) Took over the town.
(b) Sold the town to whites.
(c) Created an all-white town.
(d) Burned the town down.

2. "Storm" introduces Aunt Hager and her grandson Sandy preparing for ________________ that is hitting their neighborhood.
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A cyclone.
(c) A truck.
(d) A flood.

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

4. How did the white men feel about working alongside a black man?
(a) They were unhappy about working alongside a black man.
(b) They refused to work alongside a black man.
(c) They did not mind working alongside a black man.
(d) They were afraid.

5. On Thursday afternoon, who comes home to visit?
(a) Hager's youngest daughter Harriet.
(b) Hager's middle daughter Annjee.
(c) Hager's friend Sister Johnson.
(d) Hager's oldest daughter Tempy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Sandy at the carnival?

2. At the beginning of the story, what is Aunt Hager desperately trying to do?

3. "Work" begins with Jimboy and Sandy doing what?

4. What did Aunt Hager think of Jimboy's letter?

5. Harriet had been on bad terms with Aunt Hager. Why?

(see the answer key)

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