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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. Sandy goes to work during the winter and overhears many stories and meets many people, learning to do what?
(a) Check coats and talk to strangers.
(b) How to make friends.
(c) Make jokes and shine shoes.
(d) Wash and cut hair.

2. What had Tempy's employer left her as a token of her appreciation?
(a) A home.
(b) A car.
(c) A business.
(d) A job.

3. Hager dies and a large funeral is held with Tempy's high-class friends and who else?
(a) The family.
(b) Hager's friends.
(c) Harriett's friends from the Bottoms.
(d) The neighbors.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tempy call Sandy?

2. When Hager grew up, the plantation owner, Mr. Jeanne, left for what and died?

3. When Sandy asked himself whether a black person should simply endure oppression and wait for heaven like Aunt Hager did, what was his response?

4. For how long did Sandy have this illness?

5. Mr. Siles and Tempy warned Sandy to 'beware of women.' Why?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hager support her beliefs regarding slavery?

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

3. Describe Hager's funeral.

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

5. Why does Tempy help out with the war effort?

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

7. How did Sandy benefit from having the mumps?

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

9. How does the reader learn Hager's importance in the community?

10. How does Sandy feel about what Aunt Hager had taught him? Why does he feel this way?

(see the answer keys)

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