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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Annjee believe Jimboy married her?
(a) Because he wanted to get married and start a family.
(b) Because he loved her.
(c) Because she was a homebody and would take care of a house.
(d) Because she was pregnant with their child.

3. What does this woman think that Christianity makes black people?
(a) Ignorant and weak.
(b) Powerful and confident.
(c) Stuck up and unable to have fun.
(d) Scared and powerless.

4. That day Sandy almost won what?
(a) A race.
(b) A piece of candy.
(c) A singing contest.
(d) The spelling bee.

5. 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.

6. What does Aunt Hager think of Jimboy?
(a) He is kind.
(b) He is entertaining.
(c) He is intelligent.
(d) He is worthless.

7. What happened when the three returned home?
(a) They found out half the neighborhood was out searching for them.
(b) They woke up the dog.
(c) Aunt Hager was waiting for them with a bundle of switches at her feet.
(d) They found Aunt Hager crying at the kitchen table.

8. "Conversation" records a conversation between Aunt Hager and who else?
(a) Sister Whiteside.
(b) Sister Johnson.
(c) Sandy.
(d) AnnJee.

9. Hager asks her how Tempy likes her church. What is her response?
(a) It is no different than the Baptist church.
(b) It is very quiet.
(c) There is nothing "niggerish" about the church at all.
(d) It is very different and strange.

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

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

12. Jimboy sings many songs that he has learned from where?
(a) The south.
(b) Across the country.
(c) Kansas.
(d) The war.

13. How does Hager's companion want to spend her time?
(a) Dancing and having fun with boys.
(b) Creating art.
(c) Reading and studying.
(d) Protesting black inequality.

14. Why is Jimboy not working that day?
(a) He was injured.
(b) He was sick.
(c) He wanted to spend the day with Sandy.
(d) He had been laid off.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Tempy and her husband quit the black Baptist church?

2. Stanton largely has _________ social classes.

3. "Hard Winter" takes the family from September to _______________.

4. Why did she want to get a job as a chambermaid at a hotel?

5. Towards the end of the year, Annjee recovers, and they receive a letter from Harriet asking for what?

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