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

2. Which member of the Mills family at first does NOT want to walk to the site of voting on voting day?
(a) Jojo.
(b) Mama.
(c) Stella.
(d) Roscoe.

3. Rather than completing her Saturday chore, Stella would usually rather take what action?
(a) Play checkers with Jojo.
(b) Play hopscotch with Jojo.
(c) Play with her hula-hoop.
(d) Play marbles with Jojo.

4. Stella compares Papa's vote to what object?
(a) A tear drop.
(b) A medal.
(c) A pebble.
(d) A snowball.

5. Stella tells Mama that she feels in what way when she sees her ideas typed upon the page?
(a) Visible.
(b) Just great.
(c) Mighty fine.
(d) Peachy keen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Stella's favorite type of tree?

2. Stella's newspaper reports that which member of Tony's family had found Tony bleeding behind the general store?

3. Saying the Pledge of Allegiance always makes Stella feel like she belongs to what?

4. Stella describes her brains as "dumplings in" (97) what type of soup?

5. What is Papa's reply when Stella asks him how he had continued to learn despite being out of school?

(see the answer key)

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