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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12, Punishment, School, Hard Winter.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sandy find out when he returned home?
(a) Harriette had returned home.
(b) Aunt Hager was ill.
(c) Jimboy had left.
(d) His mother had left to be with his father.

2. What happened when the three returned home?
(a) They found Aunt Hager crying at the kitchen table.
(b) They woke up the dog.
(c) Aunt Hager was waiting for them with a bundle of switches at her feet.
(d) They found out half the neighborhood was out searching for them.

3. What did Aunt Hager think of Jimboy's letter?
(a) He was lying and never did any work.
(b) He was never coming home.
(c) He was very sick.
(d) He was teasing them.

4. Where did Harriet and Jimboy go?
(a) To the revival.
(b) To the carnival.
(c) To neither the carnival nor the revival.
(d) To both the carnival and the revival.

5. Why did this woman decide to quit her job as a waitress?
(a) Because white men harassed her too much and asked her to sleep with them.
(b) Because her boss treated her badly.
(c) Because she had plans to go back to school.
(d) Because the job did not pay well.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did many of the elder townspeople die?

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

3. What did Sandy eventually do at the dance?

4. What did Harriet do that night when she came home late?

5. The white people near the area were furious at these blacks. Why?

(see the answer key)

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