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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the newspaper article attribute Joseph Reed's death?
(a) Depression about being passed over for promotion.
(b) Being drunk and falling in the water.
(c) Breathing poor air in the mines.
(d) Not having gone to a doctor in a number of years.

2. What does Kayla refrain from doing when Mfumbe asks her something?
(a) Lying to him.
(b) Fleeing from him.
(c) Confiding in him.
(d) Talking sarcastically to him.

3. What does Kayla think has caused her family life to deteriorate?
(a) The accidental injury of her dad.
(b) The acceptance of the bar code tattoo.
(c) The death of her younger brother.
(d) The acceptance of bribes.

4. When are students supposed to receive their tattoo?
(a) On their 10th birthday.
(b) On their 21st birthday.
(c) On their 17th birthday.
(d) At their high school graduation.

5. What does Kayla's counselor say is a matter of convenience?
(a) Living at the bachelor quarters at the school.
(b) Walking to his job.
(c) The bar code tattoo.
(d) Doing all his shopping at the State store.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mfumbe Taylor do when Kayla is still in the stairwell?

2. Who or what is at Kayla's house when she gets home?

3. What else happens when someone gets the tattoo?

4. In what year does Kayla's father die?

5. According to Amber, what does not hurt?

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