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

3. For ________ years she worked hard to support her family and to see Jimboy only a few weeks a year.
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Eight.

4. What did Sandy eventually do at the dance?
(a) He watched the musicians.
(b) He fell asleep.
(c) He danced with girls.
(d) He watched the others dance.

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

6. That night the white people came in, evicted the blacks of this town and did what?
(a) Took over the town.
(b) Sold the town to whites.
(c) Created an all-white town.
(d) Burned the town down.

7. Sandy saw that his mother worked very hard and that Mrs. Rice, the blond, skinny white woman, was constantly doing what?
(a) Helping Annjee.
(b) Criticizing Annjee.
(c) Entertaining Anjee.
(d) Ignoring Annjee.

8. Afterwards, they had to buy their books and Sandy looked forward to coming home and doing what?
(a) Reading his nature reader.
(b) Showing Aunt Hager his nature reader.
(c) Showing Annjee his nature reader.
(d) Showing Jimboy his nature reader.

9. When he reached school, the teacher did what?
(a) Segregated him and two colored girls in his class.
(b) Yelled at him for being black.
(c) Welcomed him into the classroom.
(d) Ignored him.

10. Hager is determined to get Sandy through high school and make him into what?
(a) "The next W.E.B. du Bois."
(b) "The next Booker T. Washington".
(c) "The first black President of the United States."
(d) "The next black scientist."

11. Sandy noticed that his reader showed black Africans as what?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Ugly.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Religious.

12. Why does Annjee have to give up the money she was saving for Sandy's Christmas?
(a) To pay the electric bill.
(b) To mail to Harriet.
(c) To buy food.
(d) To pay for Annjee's medicine.

13. What is not clear about Harriet?
(a) Where she has been.
(b) If she has changed much.
(c) How she made her way after quitting the carnival.
(d) If she wants to be home.

14. What did Aunt Hager think of Jimboy's letter?
(a) He was very sick.
(b) He was lying and never did any work.
(c) He was teasing them.
(d) He was never coming home.

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