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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did this woman decide to quit her job as a waitress?
(a) Because she had plans to go back to school.
(b) Because white men harassed her too much and asked her to sleep with them.
(c) Because her boss treated her badly.
(d) Because the job did not pay well.

2. What happens to Annjee?
(a) She gets very sick and cannot work.
(b) She leaves to find Jimboy.
(c) She becomes very depressed.
(d) She gets a new job.

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

4. What does Jimboy eventually do?
(a) He notices Annjee.
(b) He leaves again.
(c) He goes to bed.
(d) He puts down the guitar and sets her on his lap and eats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hager pick up extra laundry washing?

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

3. Why is Jimboy not working that day?

4. Why did many of the elder townspeople die?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is this a sad Christmas?

2. How was Sandy's integrated school segregated? Are you surprised by this? Why or why not?

3. What are Hager's religious beliefs? What does Harriet think about these beliefs?

4. What takes place at the same time during "Carnival?" Why is this significant?

5. How does Annjee react when Jimboy comes home and ignores her and her cooking? Should she react this way? Why or why not?

6. How does Aunt Hager react to Harriet and Sandy going to a dance? Why does she react this way?

7. Summarize "Storm."

8. How did Jimboy react to Sandy's lying? How did this affect Sandy? Why was he affected in this way?

9. Why do Tempy and her husband leave the Baptist church?

10. What happened to Crowville? Why did this happen?

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