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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Stella's response when she is told that she cannot visit the place she would like to go in Spindale?
(a) She says that she does not believe it.
(b) She says that she knows and that she does not care.
(c) She says that she is going to go anyway.
(d) She says that she knows and that it is not fair.

2. What question does Jojo ask Mrs. Grayson about the Klan?
(a) He asks if they are from out of town.
(b) He asks if they would hurt children.
(c) He asks if the police are on their side.
(d) He asks if they know any black people.

3. The narrator says that it takes how long for all of the "black men of Bumblebee" (9) to gather?
(a) Fewer than 30 minutes.
(b) Fewer than 2 hours.
(c) Fewer than 3 hours.
(d) Fewer than 10 minutes.

4. What is Stella's favorite type of tree?
(a) Willow.
(b) Hickory.
(c) Walnut.
(d) Oak.

5. How many children are in the Spencer family?
(a) 13.
(b) 7.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

6. Whose skin is likened to the color of rum?
(a) Stella.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Mama.
(d) Papa.

7. In Cathy's Candy Store, who makes racist comments in response to another character's comment about segregated schools?
(a) Kenneth.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Stella.
(d) Paulette.

8. What verb does Stella use to describe to Jojo what the Klan members are doing?
(a) Praying.
(b) Playing.
(c) Plotting.
(d) Practicing.

9. What grade does Stella earn on her essay?
(a) B.
(b) A.
(c) D.
(d) C.

10. What kind of dog do the Mills have?
(a) A brindle hound.
(b) A basset hound.
(c) A wolf hound.
(d) An Irish setter.

11. Papa declares that it is his job to take what action?
(a) To keep his family safe.
(b) To make his family happy.
(c) To help his parents relocate.
(d) To preserve his dignity.

12. Jojo says that the Klan members had looked like what?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Clowns.
(d) Fools.

13. When the family goes out to alert the neighborhood about the Klan's resurgence, who is assigned the left side of the street?
(a) Papa.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Stella.
(d) Mama.

14. When the family goes out to alert the neighborhood about the Klan's resurgence, who is assigned the right side of the street?
(a) Jojo and Stella.
(b) Dusty.
(c) Papa.
(d) Mama.

15. Stella is the only student in the school who has what trait?
(a) She is left-handed.
(b) She wears braces.
(c) She is under five feet tall.
(d) She has straight hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Klan members in white hoods do Jojo and Stella see?

2. The narrator states, "As he spoke, Spoon Man" took what action "like the wind" (89)?

3. How old is Stella?

4. Stella and Tony had walked to school together since they were in what grade?

5. Whose skin is likened to the color of black coffee?

(see the answer keys)

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