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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. What did the blacks come into the store to purchase in the Thirties?
(a) Guns
(b) BC powder
(c) Gun powder
(d) Paracetemol

2. What day of the week does Hunter always arrive at their house?
(a) Saturday
(b) Sunday
(c) Thursday
(d) Friday

3. Which of the following subjects does Ruth not learn at home?
(a) Knitting
(b) Sewing
(c) Math
(d) Record keeping

4. What group is the boy's father part of?
(a) COCP
(b) Communist party
(c) Nation of Islam
(d) Black Panthers

5. What material is the boy's father's clothes made from?
(a) Leather
(b) Cotton
(c) PCP
(d) Foil

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruth's father keep behind the counter in his store?

2. Which member of Ruth's family dies while she is in New York?

3. What part of Virginia did Ruth and her family move to?

4. Who does Ruth remember riding through town?

5. What does Aunt Mary's factory make leather trimmings for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ruth's life take a turn for the worse when the family moves to Virginia?

2. How did Ruth and her family live in America when they first arrived?

3. Describe the character of Daddy.

4. Describe Sam's life.

5. Describe the household James was brought up in.

6. Describe Jame McBride's family life.

7. Why did James think his mother was strange?

8. What is the state of black people's lives in the 1930s?

9. Describe what happens when Ruth asks James to take the milk back to the shop.

10. How does Ruth react to Hunter Jordan's death?

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