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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. What is the first key Stella uses when she uses a typewriter for the first time?
(a) L.
(b) I.
(c) S.
(d) M.

2. What emotion does Mama feel in response to Papa's decision to vote?
(a) Anger.
(b) Pride.
(c) Apprehension.
(d) Elation.

3. What had Papa done after being forced to quit school at a young age?
(a) Worked in the fields.
(b) Run away to Chicago.
(c) Stayed home to raise his siblings.
(d) Taken care of his ill mother.

4. Saying the Pledge of Allegiance always makes Stella feel like she belongs to what?
(a) Something wonderful.
(b) Something important.
(c) Something official.
(d) Something big.

5. How many minutes does it take the men to complete the test at the voting registration office?
(a) 54.
(b) 12.
(c) 43.
(d) 24.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food does Mama offer to Spoon Man on the morning of his departure?

2. Stella writes that she likes the idea that "dust becomes" (118) what?

3. Rather than completing her Saturday chore, Stella would usually rather take what action?

4. When Stella and the men are leaving the voting registration office, who tells them to be "on the lookout for" (145) trouble?

5. Who brings clothing to the Mills family?

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