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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 was it surprising to find Aunt Hager this way?
(a) This was unheard of behavior for her.
(b) She is never this happy.
(c) She never cries.
(d) She cannot sing.

2. What happens when Sandy's school comes up during their discussion with Harriet?
(a) Annjee again encourages Sandy.
(b) Annjee again teases Sandy.
(c) Annjee again ignores the topic.
(d) Annjee again discourages Sandy.

3. Why did Sandy want to get away from Tempy?
(a) She was very full of herself.
(b) She was verbally abusive.
(c) She was always stealing from him.
(d) He thought she was too tight.

4. How did Sandy feel about moving in with Tempy?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Anxious.

5. Tempy and Arkins believed that to get respect, one had to do what?
(a) Bleach their skin lighter.
(b) Act, dress, eat, and earn money as white people did.
(c) Be educated.
(d) Leave the ghetto.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Sandy feel about Sandy walking home with other boys?

2. Why did Hager stay with Miss Jeanne?

3. What did Tempy and her husband's friends avoid?

4. With whom does Sandy spend a lot of time?

5. Why had Tempy been embarrassed of Hager?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the other major event in this chapter? Are you surprised by this? Why or why not?

2. What does Sandy get from working in a barber shop?

3. Why is Sandy to avoid lower-class women?

4. How has Harriett grown up? How is this revealed in what she says to Sandy and Annjee?

5. What does Hager have to say about the soul and the world?

6. What is the first major event in "Ten Dollars and Costs?" How might this be both a good and bad job?

7. How did Tempy change her life?

8. In "Children's Day," how does inequality even affect African American children?

9. Why does Sandy want to move to Chicago?

10. What did Tempy and Arkins think of their low-class backgrounds? Should they feel this way? Why or why not?

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