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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. Besides clothing, what other item is brought to the Mills' house in order to help Stella with her writing?
(a) A desk.
(b) A set of pens.
(c) Newsprint.
(d) A typewriter.

2. Papa tells Stella that he had been forced to quit school at what age?
(a) 9.
(b) 14.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

3. Every other Saturday, Stella must complete which hated chore?
(a) Sweeping the floors.
(b) Washing the dog.
(c) Cleaning the chicken coop.
(d) Polishing the silverware.

4. The test given only to the black men at the registration office asks them to name which United States official?
(a) The vice president.
(b) The surgeon general.
(c) The secretary general.
(d) The attorney general.

5. What is the first key Stella uses when she uses a typewriter for the first time?
(a) I.
(b) M.
(c) L.
(d) S.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many minutes does it take Mr. Pineville to grade the men's test at the voting registration office?

2. Who punches Tony in the stomach when Tony stands up for Stella?

3. Mama's advice to Stella involves the maxim that stones do not take what action?

4. What is Stella's favorite season?

5. Mr. Pineville at first tells the man to come back in what amount of time for their test results?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stella characterize the type of writing she enjoys creating?

2. About what topic is the poem Papa recites for Stella?

3. How do the themes of oppression and brutality appear within the scene outside the general store?

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

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

6. Who goes to the sheriff's office in Bumblebee in order to vote?

7. What is Mama's main emotion in response to Papa's decision to vote in the election?

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

9. How does Stella feel about Papa's decision to try to register to vote?

10. In what way is the theme of altruism present in the community's response to the fire?

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