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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sandy really wants _________, but the best his mother can do is to get Mr. Logan to build him one.
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A car.
(c) A treehouse.
(d) A sled.

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

3. Aunt Hager argued that they shouldn't hate white people but do what?
(a) Take care of them.
(b) Do what they ask.
(c) Fear them.
(d) Pray for them.

4. 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) It is very different and strange.
(d) There is nothing "niggerish" about the church at all.

5. What does Tempy give Sandy for Christmas?
(a) A beautiful book of Andersen's Fairy Tales.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A new sled.
(d) A pair of boots.

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

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

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

9. In "Punishment", Sandy often received a nickel for what purpose?
(a) To buy birthday presents.
(b) To put in the collection plate at church.
(c) To spend on whatever he would like.
(d) To purchase school books.

10. Why was Jimboy fired?
(a) He habitually showed up late to work.
(b) He was disrespectful.
(c) The white union members complained.
(d) He was often out of work due to illness.

11. He knew that Jesus was white but what had he learned?
(a) God loves everyone.
(b) God is no race.
(c) There was no Jesus.
(d) Jesus only loved white people.

12. What did Sandy find out when he returned home?
(a) Jimboy had left.
(b) Aunt Hager was ill.
(c) His mother had left to be with his father.
(d) Harriette had returned home.

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

14. Would Harriett's white girlfriends talk to her after school?
(a) No.
(b) Yes, usually.
(c) Yes, sometimes.
(d) Yes, but rarely.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A man could work in Stanton his whole life without saving enough money to retire and leave something behind. To whom had this happened?

2. Why is Jimboy not working that day?

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

4. Who had Jimboy probably been trying to outdo?

5. Why were Aunt Hager's services needed?

(see the answer keys)

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