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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. Papa declares that it is his job to take what action?
(a) To make his family happy.
(b) To preserve his dignity.
(c) To keep his family safe.
(d) To help his parents relocate.

2. 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) Barbara.
(c) Thelma.
(d) Theresa.

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

4. What is Spoon Man's real name?
(a) Charlie.
(b) James.
(c) Peter.
(d) Terence.

5. Stella is the only student in the school who has what trait?
(a) She is left-handed.
(b) She wears braces.
(c) She has straight hair.
(d) She is under five feet tall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator states, "As he spoke, Spoon Man" took what action "like the wind" (89)?

3. When the family goes out to alert the neighborhood about the Klan's resurgence, who is assigned the right side of the street?

4. What beverage does Mama offer to Spoon Man on the morning of his departure?

5. What kind of animal belongs to Spoon Man?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is unique about the Spencer family?

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

4. Provide a description of Mama's temperament.

5. What sight alerts Stella to the identity of the one of the Klansmen at the rally?

6. Why are Jojo and Stella outside in the middle of the night in the novel's opening scene?

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

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

9. Who is Spoon Man?

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

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