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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stella and Tony had walked to school together since they were in what grade?
(a) Third.
(b) Second.
(c) First.
(d) Kindergarten.

2. The kitchen table in the Mills' home had been handmade by whom?
(a) Mama.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Papa.
(d) Uncle Roger.

3. Bumblebee is said to be "tucked in the rocky bottom of" (4) which mountains?
(a) Pyrenees.
(b) Blue Ridge.
(c) Appalachian.
(d) Grand Tetons.

4. 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) Paulette.
(b) Theresa.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Thelma.

5. What is the name of the school attended by all of the white children in Bumblebee?
(a) Three Cedars.
(b) Mountain View.
(c) Hollenbeck.
(d) Desert Escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade is Stella?

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

3. What is the name of the school attended by all of the black children in Bumblebee?

4. What grade does Stella earn on her essay?

5. Papa declares that it is his job to take what action?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pastor Patton invoke the idea of technology within his sermon?

2. How does the cross outside of New Hope Church echo the novel's depiction of beauty within imperfection?

3. What comment does Papa make about shame after the pastor's sermon?

4. What racial inequalities are depicted within the voter registration process in Spindale?

5. What object inside the Mills' home symbolizes the family's unity and love?

6. What philosophy are the black people in Bumblebee said to hold because "it had always been" (5) so?

7. What does Tony's father do for a living and how does his position demonstrate the theme of inequality?

8. Who is Spoon Man?

9. What happens to Billy when he moves to open his own blacksmith business?

10. What aspect of transformation does Stella observe and write about within her "Trees" essay?

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