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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. In a storytelling lesson, Mrs. Grayson tells the children that what objects are part of their heritage?
(a) Diaries.
(b) Mosaics.
(c) Quilts.
(d) Drums.

2. Stella's newspaper reports that which member of Tony's family had found Tony bleeding behind the general store?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His brother.
(d) His father.

3. Mr. Pineville tells the men assembled at the voting registration office that they do not deserve what?
(a) A say.
(b) Rights.
(c) Voices.
(d) Lives.

4. Whose piece of writing is NOT chosen by Mrs. Grayson to be sent in for the contest sponsored by the Carolina Times?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Helen.
(c) Stella.
(d) Carolyn.

5. Tony tells Stella that he is going to write about what subject?
(a) Soldiers and war.
(b) Elves and leprechauns.
(c) Travel and adventure.
(d) Knights and dragons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Helen is particularly sad about which of her belongings being destroyed in the fire?

2. How old is Herbert, one of the many boys in the Spencer family?

3. The protagonist in Mrs. Grayson's story goes by what name?

4. Who demands to be given a receipt for the men's voting registration fee?

5. Mrs. Grayson tells a story about flying that had been passed down to her by whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is irony present within the scene at the voter registration office?

2. What skill does Stella put into practice on demand in the voter registration office?

3. What surprising fact does Papa reveal to Stella about Tony?

4. What skill is said to be a major element of Stella's schooling?

5. The narrator states that Stella had been taught what lesson from a "very young" (245) age?

6. What reason does Papa give Stella for his decision to try to register to vote?

7. What memories does Papa have of his grandmother Maudie?

8. What metaphor does Stella use to describe Papa in relation to his act of voting?

9. Whose pieces of writing does Mrs. Grayson choose to enter into the contest and what is each piece about?

10. What object does Stella believe gives off a "rich" (208) smell that she has never smelled in Bumblebee before?

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