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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 word does Mr. Pineville use while speaking to Papa that makes Papa angry?
(a) Girl.
(b) Boy.
(c) Action.
(d) Booze.
2. In order to register to vote, the men must pass a test about which element of American government?
(a) The Eighteenth Amendment.
(b) The Legislative branch.
(c) The Constitution.
(d) The Declaration of Independence.
3. Who convinces the reluctant member of the Mills family to come along on voting day?
(a) Roscoe.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Papa.
(d) Stella.
4. Hazel asks Stella to show her how to draw what object?
(a) A house.
(b) A hole.
(c) A tree.
(d) A dog.
5. Besides clothing, what other item is brought to the Mills' house in order to help Stella with her writing?
(a) A desk.
(b) Newsprint.
(c) A typewriter.
(d) A set of pens.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who agrees to let Stella and Jojo ride in her car?
2. How many minutes does it take the men to complete the test at the voting registration office?
3. Who saves Hazel from the blaze set by the Klan?
4. On the day Mama stays home from church to nurse Jojo, how long has it been since she last missed a service?
5. What is Tony's favorite season?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways do the men at the voter registration office belittle Papa?
2. What is the significance of Papa's mention of a "standing stone" (124)?
3. The narrator states that Stella had been taught what lesson from a "very young" (245) age?
4. What memories does Papa have of his grandmother Maudie?
5. How do the themes of oppression and brutality appear within the scene outside the general store?
6. What skill does Stella put into practice on demand in the voter registration office?
7. What is surprising about the choices Mrs. Grayson makes for the contest?
8. How does Stella characterize the type of writing she enjoys creating?
9. What surprising fact does Papa reveal to Stella about Tony?
10. How is irony present within the scene at the voter registration office?
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