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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Lutie about Boots' driving?
(a) He is a slow driver.
(b) He is a risky driver.
(c) He is driving in the rain.
(d) He is driving without his glasses.

2. What does Lutie contemplate on the bus ride home after she has spent the evening with Boots?
(a) Lutie dreams about being a famous singer.
(b) Lutie considers what she'll make for dinner.
(c) Lutie decides to quit her job at the Chandlers'.
(d) Lutie compares Boots to Jim.

3. What does Lutie do when Boots makes his first attempt to seduce her?
(a) Begins to cry.
(b) Laughs and goes along.
(c) Points out that it's getting late.
(d) Asks him to give her some space.

4. Why is Lutie so adamant about moving?
(a) Lutie wants to get Bub away from Lil who drinks and smokes.
(b) Bub has been accepted to a new school.
(c) She hates her neighborhood.
(d) Lutie has just received a raise and wants a bigger place.

5. Why does Lutie drop the subject of the draft when she knows Boots is lying?
(a) She realizes that she is hungry and asks Boots to take her for a bite to eat.
(b) She's really not interested.
(c) Boots asks her why she asks so many questions.
(d) The topic seems to irritate Boots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Lutie heard about Jim since leaving him at her former apartment?

2. What do Mrs. Chandler's mother and her white friends seem to believe about black women?

3. What saves Lutie from Boots' first exhibition of his sexual intentions?

4. How does Lutie feel about Mrs. Chandler?

5. How does Lutie feel about Bub shining shoes?

(see the answer key)

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