The Color of Water Test | Final Test - Easy

James McBride (writer)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Color of Water Test | Final Test - Easy

James McBride (writer)
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruth receive a degree in?
(a) Banking
(b) Social work
(c) Copywriting
(d) Mordern art

2. What do people presume all white girls in Harlem are?
(a) Transvestites
(b) Poor
(c) Prostitutes
(d) Musicians

3. Where country is Halina from?
(a) Poland
(b) Germany
(c) Latvia
(d) Britain

4. What building does James stand in front of in August 1992?
(a) A synagogue
(b) A war memorial
(c) A temple
(d) An ice cream factory

5. What is the name of Ruth's younger sister in this chapter?
(a) Dee Dee
(b) Janice
(c) Lauren
(d) Freda

6. What is the name of the new man Aunt Mary hires in this chapter?
(a) Andrew McBride
(b) Harper Davis
(c) Junior Browne
(d) Jason Horace

7. Why does Ruth not want to be buried in New York?
(a) It is too crowded
(b) It is too noisy
(c) She was not born there
(d) It is polluted

8. What does James teach his mother in this chapter?
(a) How to sing
(b) How to roll a joint
(c) How to play the piano
(d) How to drive

9. What does the preacher of the New Brown Memorial call Ruth?
(a) Nutty
(b) The original founder of the church
(c) A Godly spirit
(d) One of God's orginal angels

10. Whose educations and careers does James list in this chapter?
(a) Ruth's children
(b) James' school friends
(c) James' children
(d) Ruth's Polish famiily

11. What kind of church is the Suffolk High School graduation ceremony held in?
(a) A Protestant church
(b) A Methodist church
(c) A Catholic church
(d) A Baptist church

12. Who does Ruth meet outside the church?
(a) Frances
(b) Her mother
(c) Her father
(d) James

13. What part of New York is Ruth's mother's hospital?
(a) Queens
(b) Manhattan
(c) Brooklyn
(d) The Bronx

14. Where is Hunter buried?
(a) Virginia
(b) Mississippi
(c) Colorado
(d) Kentucky

15. What is the name of the newspaper James works at?
(a) The Boston Chronicle
(b) The Boston Globe
(c) The New York Times
(d) The Los Angeles Times

Short Answer Questions

1. What university does Ruth attend?

2. Where does Ruth's father spend his weekends?

3. What is the name of Halina's son?

4. What was the the name of the song Ruth's mother sang to the birds?

5. What draws Ruth to Harlem?

(see the answer keys)

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