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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far from the amusement park, Bowcraft, was Johnson's house?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) About 10 minutes.
(c) About 20 minutes.
(d) 15 minutes.

2. When did Nanny and her husband move their children from Jersey City to Plainfield?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1969.

3. In Chapter 6, where did the boys go to school?
(a) Clinton.
(b) Cook.
(c) Jefferson.
(d) Cedarbrook.

4. When did Uncle close his barbershop and move his family to Virginia?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1998.
(d) 1996.

5. By what time was everyone in Johnson's family usually gathered to eat Thanksgiving dinner?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the boys do after their Saturday chores?

2. Who wrote that the most disrespected person in America is the Black woman?

3. When does Johnson remember preparing soup for the soup kitchen he and Nanny started?

4. How far apart in age are Lil' Rall and Rasul?

5. What did Granny always use for a "whooping" (42)?

(see the answer key)

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