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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. Why did many of the elder townspeople die?
(a) The winter was very cold.
(b) From pneumonia.
(c) From a flu epidemic.
(d) From a cholera epidemic.

2. How did Aunt Hager learn that Sandy had spent his money in a way he should not have?
(a) She found his comic books.
(b) His candy melted and stained his shirt.
(c) She found his school books.
(d) Buster told on him.

3. When the storm passes, what has Aunt Hager lost?
(a) Her car.
(b) Her entire town.
(c) Her children.
(d) Her house is gone.

4. Sister Johnson and Hager have long conversation about what?
(a) How they are going to pull themselves out of this depression.
(b) How awful life is.
(c) How Jimboy is no better than other black men.
(d) How many black men in the area beat their wives and how at least Jimboy didn't do that.

5. In "School", the summer ends and Sandy has to go back to school to the ________ grade, which was integrated.
(a) Fourth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Sixth.
(d) Eighth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Annjee's husband, Jimboy, has written?

2. What does Aunt Hager think of Jimboy?

3. Stanton largely has _________ social classes.

4. How did Sandy react to his punishment?

5. What happened to the Gavitts?

(see the answer key)

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