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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21, 22 and 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rough Lock say about skin color?
(a) That it is an overrated way of defining people.
(b) That everyone who sees the difference in skin color is racist.
(c) That he doesn't understand what all the fuss is about.
(d) That it is the only way to tell who is good and who is evil.

2. When Aunt Emily is giving the speech about racism throughout the world, what reaction does Naomi have?
(a) She is embarrassed.
(b) She is inspired.
(c) She is unmoved.
(d) She is amused.

3. Which member of the Nakane family is the only member who does not play a musical instrument?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Stephen.
(d) Naomi.

4. What is the name of the boy that Naomi remembers playing hide-and-seek with as a child?
(a) Peter.
(b) Percy.
(c) Paul.
(d) Phillip.

5. In Naomi's dream, who is with her on the mountain?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her Obasan.
(c) Her brother.
(d) An unidentified man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character teaches Naomi that it was impolite to look anyone directly in the eyes?

2. What traumatic incident does Naomi remember witnessing with the animals that she was raising?

3. What type of animal does Naomi remember raising as a child?

4. When Naomi's mother abandoned her, where does Naomi remember her mother moved to?

5. What part of a woman's dress is given to the mother on the train so that she can fashion a diaper for her baby?

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