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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the kids call Leonard Bernstein?
(a) Lenny Side Burns.
(b) Young Len.
(c) Old Shy-Koski.
(d) Lenny Burn Stine.

2. How many fingers do the illiterate students think are on a hand?
(a) All of these.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

3. What is Ted Stone's attitude when first meeting Pat Conroy?
(a) Dismissive.
(b) Warm and friendly.
(c) Threatening.
(d) Aloof and distant.

4. What age group did Pat Conroy first teach?
(a) Elementary.
(b) Junior high.
(c) High school.
(d) College.

5. Pat Conroy threatens to do what to anyone who doesn't want to hear the national news?
(a) Break their arm.
(b) Give them an A+.
(c) Applaud them.
(d) Flunk them out.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had a "white school" built on the island?

2. What type of large snake does the island house?

3. How many people left Yamacraw in the migration?

4. In what usual way does Prophet address Pat Conroy?

5. What caused migration away from Yamacraw?

(see the answer key)

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