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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. Pineville tells the men assembled at the voting registration office that they do not deserve what?
(a) Lives.
(b) Rights.
(c) A say.
(d) Voices.

2. Besides clothing, what other item is brought to the Mills' house in order to help Stella with her writing?
(a) A desk.
(b) Newsprint.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A set of pens.

3. Papa tells Stella that she is smart enough to be involved in one of which two professions?
(a) Medicine or education.
(b) Business or medicine.
(c) Business or art.
(d) Education or agriculture.

4. In Bumblebee, the polling location is in what building?
(a) The courthouse.
(b) The sheriff's office.
(c) The post office.
(d) City Hall.

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

6. For what duration of time are Papa and the other voters inside the polling location?
(a) 2 minutes.
(b) 2 hours.
(c) 20 minutes.
(d) 1 hour.

7. Who convinces the reluctant member of the Mills family to come along on voting day?
(a) Jojo.
(b) Stella.
(c) Papa.
(d) Roscoe.

8. Stella and the men take what stance before Mr. Pineville agrees to grade the men's test?
(a) They stand up.
(b) They kneel.
(c) They lie down.
(d) They sit down.

9. Papa sends Stella to fetch Dr. Hawkins and to what other location?
(a) The library.
(b) To the mill.
(c) The general store.
(d) To the sheriff's office.

10. Who agrees to let Stella and Jojo ride in her car?
(a) Marian.
(b) Eloise.
(c) Louise.
(d) Mary Lou.

11. When "nearly the entire Negro population of Bumblebee" (233) arrives at the polling location, how many of them aim to vote?
(a) 23.
(b) 43.
(c) 33.
(d) 3.

12. Mama tells Stella that elderberry is good for curing what ill?
(a) A fever.
(b) A virus.
(c) An infection.
(d) A rash.

13. How old is Tony?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

14. How old was Papa when he tried to join the army?
(a) 18.
(b) 19.
(c) 16.
(d) 20.

15. On the day Mama stays home from church to nurse Jojo, how long has it been since she last missed a service?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Months.
(c) Decades.
(d) Years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose piece of writing is NOT chosen by Mrs. Grayson to be sent in for the contest sponsored by the Carolina Times?

2. How old is Herbert, one of the many boys in the Spencer family?

3. Tony gasps out to Stella that she should run to get which member of Tony's family?

4. Stella tells Mama that she feels in what way when she sees her ideas typed upon the page?

5. Hazel asks Stella to show her how to draw what object?

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