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

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

3. The narrator states, "As he spoke, Spoon Man" took what action "like the wind" (89)?
(a) Exhaled.
(b) Whistled.
(c) Ran.
(d) Wheezed.

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

5. How old is Jojo?
(a) 8.
(b) 11.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does Jojo arise on the night he sees a headless animal in the yard?

2. In what state is Stella's hometown of Bumblebee located?

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

4. Who tells Stella that she would not be allowed in the place Stella wants to go in Spindale?

5. Whose skin is likened to the color of hot chocolate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does religion play within Stella's community?

2. Provide a description of Mama's temperament.

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

4. Discuss how the theme of courage is depicted within the first ten chapters of the novel.

5. What does Mama mean when she calls Stella "a gemstone hiding inside a rock" (100)?

6. What plan does Pastor Patton tell the congregation he will undertake the following morning?

7. How are Jojo and Stella related?

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

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

10. What is unique about the Spencer family?

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