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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4, Selina, Chapters 10-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Selina at the opening of the book?
(a) Sixteen (16).
(b) Twelve (12).
(c) Eight (8).
(d) Ten (10).

2. Which of the following is the term used when referring to someone who is suggesting that all Blacks be allowed to join the Association?
(a) Communist.
(b) Bigot.
(c) Radical.
(d) Coward.

3. Which of the following is Selina singled out to be at the dance recital?
(a) A singer with a good voice.
(b) A high school graduate.
(c) A Black dancer.
(d) A dancer without a costume.

4. When Selina and her father leave the place where Father Peace gathers his followers, to whom are they compared by the narrator?
(a) God and Mary.
(b) Oedipus and Antigone.
(c) Zeus and Athena.
(d) Socrates and Plato.

5. Whose wedding does the family attend in Book 3?
(a) Beryl's sister's wedding.
(b) Miss Thompson's wedding.
(c) The wedding of 'Gatha Steed's daughter.
(d) Maritze's wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of job do most immigrant women in the story have?

2. What does Silla tell her daughters that she did as a child?

3. What does Selina realize when she dances and laughs with Suggie following Miss Mary's death?

4. Which of the following does Selina gain from her experience at the Benton house, and Mrs. Benton's comments to her?

5. What do Selina and Beryl argue about in Book 2?

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