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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the tallest basketball player at the Yamacraw school?
(a) Saul.
(b) Jasper.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Top Cat.

2. Prior to the Washington D.C. trip, who announces she is pregnant?
(a) Cindy Lou.
(b) Mrs. Brown.
(c) Edna.
(d) Barbara.

3. Who does Pat Conroy live with at the end of October?
(a) Ted Stone.
(b) Mrs. Brown.
(c) His family.
(d) An island family.

4. Who has the best rifle collection on the island?
(a) Ted Stone.
(b) Pat Conroy.
(c) Zeke.
(d) Top Cat's father.

5. In Chapter 12, Pat Conroy realizes who wants acceptance from whites?
(a) Mrs. Brown.
(b) Dr. Piedmont.
(c) Bennington.
(d) Pat Conroy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Italian character sang as part of his lesson to the kids?

2. What does Pat Conroy try to prepare his students for in the real world?

3. Yamacraw visitor Dick is from what city?

4. The islanders fear what, if Pat Conroy no longer teaches on the island?

5. In Chapter 9, who is hit in the back with a chair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of relationship does Mrs. Brown have with her students?

2. What is the reaction of the children to the domestic violence on the island?

3. How does Mrs. Brown feel about the blacks on Yamacraw Island?

4. What is Pat Conroy struggling with at the beginning of Chapter 10?

5. What does Pat Conroy talk about in front of the school board in Chapter 11?

6. Who protests Pat Conroy's dismissal from his job?

7. In Chapter 8, why does the administration refuse to let Pat Conroy speak at the school board meeting?

8. How does Pat Conroy pay for the trip to Washington D.C. and why?

9. Why are the scenes where the parents object to the children going to Washington D.C. familiar?

10. How does Pat Conroy's popularity as a teacher affect Mrs. Brown?

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