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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sandy had to run off and help his mother, who was ___________ at the Rice's, a rich white family.
(a) Teaching.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Nannying.

2. Why did she want to get a job as a chambermaid at a hotel?
(a) She would not have to talk to anyone.
(b) The job had flexible hours.
(c) She would make good money.
(d) The job was easy.

3. Harriet had been on bad terms with Aunt Hager. Why?
(a) Because Hager had whipped her after the dance.
(b) Because Hager forced her to do things she did not want to do.
(c) Because Hager often ignored her.
(d) Because Hager was mean.

4. Stanton largely has _________ social classes.
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

5. Why do Tempy and her husband quit the black Baptist church?
(a) To join the white Episcopalian church.
(b) They are no longer Christians.
(c) They do not like the new minister.
(d) They have converted to Catholicism.

6. What did Sandy and Buster do with their money?
(a) They put it in the church collection plate.
(b) They bought comic books.
(c) They bought candy.
(d) They bought school books.

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

8. 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) She found his school books.
(c) His candy melted and stained his shirt.
(d) Buster told on him.

9. Hager, Annjee and Sandy are very poor, so poor that they can't afford what?
(a) A wreath or cake icing.
(b) Food.
(c) Heat.
(d) Warm clothes.

10. While Aunt Hager was gone, who showed up and asked Harriet to come to a dance with him?
(a) Harriet's cousin, Bobby.
(b) Harriet's friend Joey.
(c) Harriet's boyfriend Mingo.
(d) Sandy's friend, Buster.

11. What happened to the Gavitts?
(a) They were injured.
(b) They were helping those in need.
(c) They were killed.
(d) They were left without a home.

12. Why were Aunt Hager's services needed?
(a) She was a nurse.
(b) She was a maid.
(c) She was an electrician.
(d) She was a pastor.

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

14. What was Aunt Hager going to do to punish Sandy?
(a) Make him feel guilty.
(b) Ground him.
(c) Ignore him.
(d) Whip him.

15. A man could work in Stanton his whole life without saving enough money to retire and leave something behind. To whom had this happened?
(a) Aunt Hager's husband.
(b) Aunt Hager's father.
(c) Sandy's father.
(d) Tempy's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Harriet and Jimboy go?

2. How does Sandy react to Mrs. Rice's treatment of his mother?

3. Why is Jimboy not working that day?

4. What did John Lowdins do when a drunk white man attacked him?

5. In "One by One", Annjee finally receives what?

(see the answer keys)

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