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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22-24, Beyond the Jordan, Tempy's House, A Shelf of Books.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Miss Jeanne die?
(a) She had a heart attack.
(b) She walked off her balcony thinking her husband had come home.
(c) From influenza.
(d) From old age.

2. In "Jimboy's Letter", AnnJee receives a note from Jimboy saying what?
(a) He'd remarried.
(b) He'd been laying railroad in Kansas City and had hurt his back so he was coming home.
(c) He'd found a good job and wanted her to join him.
(d) He'd been working in a warehouse in Chicago and had been promoted to manager.

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

4. Old Sister Johnson had lived through slavery, and after being freed, she and a large number of other blacks started up a town called _____________.
(a) Hopeville.
(b) Blackville.
(c) Crowville.
(d) Negroville.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hager argues that while whites hate blacks and blacks hate whites, hatred makes what ugly?

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

3. Why did this woman decide to quit her job as a waitress?

4. How did Sandy react to his punishment?

5. What does Aunt Hager think of Jimboy?

(see the answer key)

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