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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Song (2) and II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following games does Belle specialize?
(a) Pitch.
(b) Bid whist.
(c) Spades.
(d) Gin rummy.

2. To which of the following does Geoffrey compare his mother?
(a) Rattlesnake.
(b) Scorpion.
(c) Spider.
(d) Python.

3. Which of the following fruits does Samuel favor?
(a) Apples.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Plums.

4. Which college is Ailey’s cousin Malcolm expected to attend?
(a) Howard.
(b) Spelman.
(c) Wiley.
(d) Routledge.

5. With which of the following does the novel begin?
(a) “We are the earth, the land.”
(b) “Back when her name had been ‘Beauty,’ Aggie’s grandmother had told her men were stronger than women.”
(c) “Twenty years had passed, and a new century had begun.”
(d) “We know of those taken from the place called Africa.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does Belle leave for Georgia to attend to Lydia?

2. To whom of the following is the novel dedicated?

3. Whom of the following does Ailey note is her favorite author?

4. In what year is it arranged that Ailey will transfer high schools?

5. To whom of the following is the novel dedicated?

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