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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Song (3) and III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does Song (2) begin?
(a) “Back when her name had been ‘Beauty,’ Aggie’s grandmother had told her men were stronger than women.”
(b) “The fault of how Samuel Pinchard, the man who would be known by the Negroes on his land as ‘Master,’ became an atrocity…”
(c) “We know of those taken from the place called Africa.”
(d) “Twenty years had passed, and a new century had begun.”

2. To which of the following does Nila compare Dylan?
(a) A gar.
(b) A bass.
(c) A catfish.
(d) A sturgeon.

3. What is the name of Ailey’s first high school?
(a) Toomer.
(b) Tivy.
(c) Braithwaite.
(d) Erasmus.

4. Where do Diane’s parents live?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Maine.
(d) Vermont.

5. How old is Ailey when Geoffrey’s father dies?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. As which of the following does the novel gloss the name Boukie?

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

3. At which of the following did Belle teach?

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

5. What is the name of Ailey’s first high school antagonist?

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