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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 does Sandy go to the red-light district?
(a) To find Harriet and give her a message.
(b) To learn about sex.
(c) To find his friends.
(d) He is lost.

2. 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) Leave the ghetto.
(d) Be educated.

3. Why did Hager stay with Miss Jeanne?
(a) She did not know where to go.
(b) She loved Miss Jeanne.
(c) She had no training.
(d) She had no place to go.

4. What job is Sandy offered?
(a) Working as a shoe-shine boy at Drummer's hotel.
(b) Working as a shampoo boy at a barber-shop.
(c) Working as a bellhop's assistant at Drummer's hotel.
(d) Working as a taxi driver.

5. Hager grew up playing with whom?
(a) No one.
(b) Other slave children.
(c) Her siblings.
(d) The mistress' daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Sandy begin to think was the villain?

2. One day, working at Mrs. Prentiss's, he dropped his broom and did what?

3. Afterwards, Sandy and Annjee do what?

4. Sandy decided for himself that he would be like ______________________ and get his education despite being impoverished.

5. Sandy came down with what illness?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tempy change her life?

2. Was Sandy's first view of Chicago what he expected? Should he have expected this? Why or why not?

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

4. What was the worst incident Sandy had to deal with at the hotel?

5. What takes place in the Pool Hall? Why?

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

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

8. How does Hager react to the unfair treatment of Sandy and his friends? Do you agree? Why or why not?

9. How did reading affect Sandy? Is this good? Why or why not?

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

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