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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. Tempy and her husband have done well financially and have stopped hanging around who?
(a) All black people.
(b) Middle-class blacks.
(c) Lower-class blacks with darker skin.
(d) White people.

2. Harriet doesn't want to follow what as Hager demands that she do?
(a) Christianity.
(b) The laws.
(c) Cultural rules.
(d) White rules.

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

4. How does Sandy react to Mrs. Rice's treatment of his mother?
(a) He laughs.
(b) He jokes.
(c) He cries.
(d) He complains.

5. Tempy had worked for a progressive white women fighting for what?
(a) Organizations against animal cruelty.
(b) Women's suffrage.
(c) Peace in the Middle East.
(d) Equal rights for all races.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tempy sent Sandy to wire Annjee to let her know that Hager was sick. Why did the news not reach Annjee at this time?

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

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

4. What did Sandy eventually do at the dance?

5. While Aunt Hager was gone, who showed up and asked Harriet to come to a dance with him?

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