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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr.Newby say he has stopped giving Jimmie and Gilda advances on groceries?
(a) Jimmie has turned the place into a blacks' camp.
(b) Mr. Newby is having financial problems.
(c) Jimmie has fallen behind in his work.
(d) Gilda has been asking for too many groceries.

2. Whose hut do Jimmie and Mort walk nearly twenty-five miles to reach?
(a) Barret's hut.
(b) Swanson's hut.
(c) Mullet's hut.
(d) Potter's hut.

3. Why are the women appalled at Gilda in Chapter 7?
(a) Gilda has given the baby a black name.
(b) Gilda does not know how to read.
(c) Gilda refuses to bathe the baby.
(d) Gilda has left the baby in the care of blacks.

4. After the violent attack on the Newby household, who does NOT flee with Jimmie?
(a) Tabidgi.
(b) Peter.
(c) Rev. Neville.
(d) Gilda's baby.

5. What does Mr. Hyberry do before the day of a hanging?
(a) Meditate.
(b) Survey the man to be hung.
(c) Light a candle.
(d) Read a particular passage from the bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which direction do Jimmie and the others flee after the attack?

2. Who was concerned for Jimmie in his absence from the camp?

3. What does Jimmie take from the Newby household?

4. Why is the initiation tooth given to Jimmie?

5. How is Mr. Healy dressed when Jimmie sees him in the morning in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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