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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On what night of the week does the Spencers' home burn down?
(a) Monday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Tuesday.

3. Tony tells Stella that he is going to write about what subject?
(a) Soldiers and war.
(b) Knights and dragons.
(c) Travel and adventure.
(d) Elves and leprechauns.

4. How many minutes does it take Mr. Pineville to grade the men's test at the voting registration office?
(a) 24.
(b) 47.
(c) 36.
(d) 12.

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

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

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

8. The test given only to the black men at the registration office asks them to name which United States official?
(a) The vice president.
(b) The secretary general.
(c) The surgeon general.
(d) The attorney general.

9. How much do the white men pay to register to vote as Stella watches?
(a) Nothing.
(b) 25 cents.
(c) 10 cents.
(d) 1 dollar.

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

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

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

13. Tony tells Stella that she should write about what subject?
(a) The Klan.
(b) Her life.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Her father.

14. Mrs. Grayson tells a story about flying that had been passed down to her by whom?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her great-aunt.
(d) Her aunt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Grayson announces that the winner she has chosen for first place will now receive what sum of money?

2. What title does Stella bestow upon her own newspaper?

3. Mama tells Stella that elderberry is good for curing what ill?

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

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

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