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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who had Jimboy probably been trying to outdo?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Swedes.
(d) The Italians.

3. 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) Tempy's husband.
(c) Aunt Hager's father.
(d) Sandy's father.

4. "Hard Winter" takes the family from September to _______________.
(a) February.
(b) March.
(c) January.
(d) December.

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

6. At the beginning of the story, what is Aunt Hager desperately trying to do?
(a) Get Sandy and herself into an ambulance.
(b) Get Sandy and herself into her cellar and get the door shut.
(c) Get Sandy and herself into a closet.
(d) Get Sandy and herself into a boat.

7. On Thursday afternoon, who comes home to visit?
(a) Hager's youngest daughter Harriet.
(b) Hager's middle daughter Annjee.
(c) Hager's oldest daughter Tempy.
(d) Hager's friend Sister Johnson.

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

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

10. How did Jimboy punish him?
(a) He yelled at him.
(b) He chastised him for being a liar.
(c) He ignored him.
(d) He whipped him.

11. After some greeting, Harriet goes off to stay with _____________, who she says she'll be living with.
(a) Hager.
(b) Maudel.
(c) Mingo.
(d) Jimboy.

12. How did the white men feel about working alongside a black man?
(a) They were unhappy about working alongside a black man.
(b) They refused to work alongside a black man.
(c) They did not mind working alongside a black man.
(d) They were afraid.

13. "Storm" introduces Aunt Hager and her grandson Sandy preparing for ________________ that is hitting their neighborhood.
(a) A cyclone.
(b) A flood.
(c) A truck.
(d) An earthquake.

14. 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.

15. What happened when the three returned home?
(a) They woke up the dog.
(b) They found out half the neighborhood was out searching for them.
(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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sandy feel about Tempy's gift?

2. Jimboy sings many songs that he has learned from where?

3. What does Jimboy eventually do?

4. In "Jimboy's Letter", AnnJee receives a note from Jimboy saying what?

5. The white people near the area were furious at these blacks. Why?

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