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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. How old is Herbert, one of the many boys in the Spencer family?
(a) 13.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.
2. In what language does the name of the protagonist in the flying story mean "born to royalty" (220)?
(a) Mandarin.
(b) Welsh.
(c) Swahili.
(d) Igbo.
3. How many minutes does it take the men to complete the test at the voting registration office?
(a) 12.
(b) 24.
(c) 54.
(d) 43.
4. How much do the white men pay to register to vote as Stella watches?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) 25 cents.
(c) Nothing.
(d) 1 dollar.
5. Papa sends Stella to fetch Dr. Hawkins and to what other location?
(a) To the mill.
(b) The library.
(c) To the sheriff's office.
(d) The general store.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the first key Stella uses when she uses a typewriter for the first time?
2. How much do Papa and the other black men have to pay in order to register to vote?
3. On the day Mama stays home from church to nurse Jojo, how long has it been since she last missed a service?
4. Papa tells Stella that she is smart enough to be involved in one of which two professions?
5. Stella tells Mama that she feels in what way when she sees her ideas typed upon the page?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Stella characterize the type of writing she enjoys creating?
2. What is Mama's main emotion in response to Papa's decision to vote in the election?
3. How does the theme of gratitude arise within the classroom conversation about the fire?
4. How is irony present within the scene at the voter registration office?
5. What memories does Papa have of his grandmother Maudie?
6. How do the themes of oppression and brutality appear within the scene outside the general store?
7. What metaphor does Stella use to describe Papa in relation to his act of voting?
8. For what reason does Papa no longer have any of the writing he had created as a boy?
9. What surprising fact does Papa reveal to Stella about Tony?
10. Who goes to the sheriff's office in order to lend support to the voters?
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