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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rita want to do with her life?
(a) Organize a good school.
(b) Be a writer.
(c) Be an actress.
(d) Have a large family.

2. What is A Road to California?
(a) A book.
(b) A painting.
(c) A poem.
(d) A quilt.

3. Why is the Club reluctant to raise money for the Reverend?
(a) He uses it on things that don't help many people.
(b) They are suspicious of him.
(c) He is often offensive to them.
(d) They do not all attend his church.

4. Who does the club want to raise money for at the beginning of the book?
(a) Unwed mothers.
(b) The church.
(c) The town school.
(d) Orphanages.

5. How does the Club raise money?
(a) They make and sell quilts.
(b) They create petitions.
(c) They hold bake sales.
(d) They confront investors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state is this book set in?

2. What kind of quilt does Queenie want to make to raise money at the begining of the book?

3. What do the Massies say when they see the shed they will be staying in on Queenie's property?

4. How is Septima described by the narrator?

5. Where did Queenie get the rhubarb for the pie she makes when Rita comes to dinner?

(see the answer key)

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