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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. When Sandy asked himself whether a black person should simply endure oppression and wait for heaven like Aunt Hager did, what was his response?
(a) Sandy decided that he wanted to live.
(b) Sandy decided he wanted to endure only some oppression.
(c) Sandy decided he wanted to wait for heaven.
(d) Sandy was still not sure.

2. What happens when Sandy quits his job?
(a) Aunt Hager gets mad at Sandy.
(b) His boss gets mad at him.
(c) He does not get his last pay check.
(d) He cannot find another job.

3. He wanted to be more like Harriet, refusing to do what?
(a) Conform to the white folks' ways of perceiving him.
(b) Follow the laws.
(c) Listen to his mother and aunt.
(d) Live a simple life.

4. The story then flashes back _______ days when Sandy came home from work.
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Sandy and his friends feel about how they are treated?

2. They received a note from Annjee saying that she and Jimboy had moved where and both had jobs?

3. What did Sandy find out?

4. Why did Sandy want to get away from Tempy?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Sandy come to the decision to get his education? How does this change his mind?

5. How is Sandy's hotel job, as mentioned in "Hey, Boy!" bad?

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

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

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

9. How did Tempy change her life?

10. How does Sandy change when he begins to focus on his education? Is this good or bad?

(see the answer keys)

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