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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The animal Jojo mistakenly believes to be headless has what color body?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) White.
(d) Gray.

2. During a scene in the Cathy's Candy Store, who confides in Stella that she thinks it is "kinda stupid" (38) that the white and black children attend different schools?
(a) Theresa.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Paulette.
(d) Barbara.

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

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

5. Stella helps Papa to set up a pallet in the barn for whose use?
(a) Spoon Man.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Mama.
(d) Stella.

6. What is Spoon Man's real name?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Terence.
(c) Peter.
(d) James.

7. The animal Jojo mistakenly believes to be headless has what color head?
(a) Gray.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

8. What type of material was used to create the Mills' kitchen table?
(a) Pine.
(b) Aspen.
(c) Elm.
(d) Cherry.

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

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

11. In what grade is Stella?
(a) Fifth.
(b) Seventh.
(c) Third.
(d) Sixth.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Stella says that she has a feeling that the Klan like to make black people "feel" (15) what way?

2. What action does Papa take when he is angry?

3. How many children are in the Spencer family?

4. Bumblebee is said to be "tucked in the rocky bottom of" (4) which mountains?

5. Stella is the only student in the school who has what trait?

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