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

2. What is Stella's response when she is told that she cannot visit the place she would like to go in Spindale?
(a) She says that she knows and that she does not care.
(b) She says that she knows and that it is not fair.
(c) She says that she does not believe it.
(d) She says that she is going to go anyway.

3. Stella's friend Tony is the son of which professional in town?
(a) The doctor.
(b) The veterinarian.
(c) The mail carrier.
(d) The police chief.

4. Chapter 11: Truth is composed of an artifact of whose writing?
(a) Papa.
(b) Stella.
(c) Mama.
(d) Jojo.

5. What gift does Stella's mother give Stella during Spoon Man's visit?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A doll.
(c) A locket.
(d) A bar of chocolate.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to "plying curios and cookware, tools and trinkets," (69) what else does Spoon Man ply?

2. The animal Jojo mistakenly believes to be headless has what color body?

3. Stella helps Papa to set up a pallet in the barn for whose use?

4. The narrator says that it takes how long for all of the "black men of Bumblebee" (9) to gather?

5. What kind of animal belongs to Spoon Man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the setting of the novel's opening?

3. What is unique about the Spencer family?

4. What is Stella's real name and for what reason does Stella adore her nickname?

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

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

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

8. To what location is Stella sent during the meeting that takes place in the Mills' home and why?

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

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

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