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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15, Christmas, Return, One by One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Stanton, why was there almost no work for black people?
(a) Other minority groups came in a took away their jobs.
(b) Immigrants came in and took away their jobs.
(c) There was hardly any work for anyone.
(d) The whites would not let them work.

2. Who had Jimboy probably been trying to outdo?
(a) The Italians.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Swedes.
(d) The Germans.

3. "Carnival" begins with Hager and her family splitting up, with some going to the revival and some going to the carnival _____ mile down the road.
(a) Three-quarters of a.
(b) A.
(c) A quarter.
(d) A half.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hager is determined to get Sandy through high school and make him into what?

2. When the storm passes, what has Aunt Hager lost?

3. In "Guitar", Jimboy has come home and is doing what?

4. In "School", the summer ends and Sandy has to go back to school to the ________ grade, which was integrated.

5. Afterwards, they had to buy their books and Sandy looked forward to coming home and doing what?

(see the answer key)

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