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

2. 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 next black scientist."
(d) "The first black President of the United States."

3. Harriet had been on bad terms with Aunt Hager. Why?
(a) Because Hager had whipped her after the dance.
(b) Because Hager forced her to do things she did not want to do.
(c) Because Hager often ignored her.
(d) Because Hager was mean.

4. Sandy wonders if he could ever be __________ and whether the Lord even cared if someone was black or white, or male or female.
(a) Confident.
(b) White.
(c) Rich.
(d) Smart.

5. What does Sandy do with his gift from Tempy?
(a) He hugs it.
(b) He stares at it in awe.
(c) He throws it under the stove.
(d) He tries it out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hager asks her how Tempy likes her church. What is her response?

2. Who returns home?

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

4. Tempy and her husband have done well financially and have stopped hanging around who?

5. What did Harriet do that night when she came home late?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annjee defend her decision to go to Detroit?

2. How does Aunt Hager help others during and after the storm?

3. How did Hager believe the blacks should deal with white oppression? Do you agree with her? Why or why not?

4. How does Hager show she is a determined woman in this chapter?

5. How does the reader know that Harriet has lived a difficult life since she left home?

6. How is this a sad Christmas?

7. How do Sandy and Annjee feel about Jimboy's disappearance? Why do they feel this way?

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

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

10. How does Sandy react to Tempy's gift? Why does he react this way?

(see the answer keys)

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