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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. Where is Zeke Skimberry from?
(a) Texas.
(b) Madrid.
(c) London.
(d) California.

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

3. What does Pat Conroy watch for when boating?
(a) Natural wildlife.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Sandbars and oyster banks.
(d) High tide.

4. To Pat Conroy, what makes the Skimberry's interesting people?
(a) Their scientific abilities.
(b) Their lack of pretense.
(c) Their long hair.
(d) Their support of the war.

5. Zeke is concerned about the what in Yamacraw?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Lack of the arts.
(c) Disease.
(d) Hurricanes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the king of Yamacraw Island?

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

3. What age group did Pat Conroy first teach?

4. Why did Zeke and Ida stop attending the Baptist church?

5. The students thought the word Conroy was what?

(see the answer key)

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