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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 31: Riding in a Car - Chapter 40: Gifts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stella describes her brains as "dumplings in" (97) what type of soup?
(a) Leftover.
(b) Somebody else's.
(c) Tomato.
(d) Goat head.

2. When Stella and the men are leaving the voting registration office, who tells them to be "on the lookout for" (145) trouble?
(a) Mr. Spencer.
(b) Mr. Smitherman.
(c) Pastor Patton.
(d) Mr. Pineville.

3. How old is Herbert, one of the many boys in the Spencer family?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 13.

4. The writing depicted in the chapter entitled "Truth" displays what trait?
(a) It appears to have been burned in one corner.
(b) Some of the words are crossed out.
(c) One corner is ripped.
(d) It is written in cursive.

5. What is Papa's first name?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Mark.
(c) Jonah.
(d) Joseph.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Tony?

2. How many times in her life has Stella seen an airplane in the sky?

3. In addition to "plying curios and cookware, tools and trinkets," (69) what else does Spoon Man ply?

4. Whose skin is likened to the color of rum?

5. The test given only to the black men at the registration office asks them to name which United States official?

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