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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. What does Miss RIce tell Anne about in this chapter?
(a) The Civil Rights Movement
(b) The birds and the bees
(c) The treatment of blacks in the south
(d) Anne's homeland

2. Who is killed in this chapter?
(a) Martin Luther King
(b) Raymond
(c) Emmet Till
(d) Sean O'Connor

3. What does the family not have enough money to buy?
(a) More animals
(b) New school clothes
(c) Meat
(d) Cotton seeds

4. Where should blacks go in the movie theater?
(a) The balcony
(b) The back row
(c) The main hall
(d) The kitchens

5. What city does Anne go to in this chapter?
(a) New York
(b) New Orleans
(c) Baton Rouge
(d) Chicago

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Raymond and Mama pray for to help the cotton grow?

2. Where is Essie baptized?

3. Who does Raymond bring to live with them?

4. What kind of creature often comes out of the swamp?

5. Who do the blacks claim the fire was meant to scare?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Essie Mae think of the Centreville Bapist Church?

2. Why does Mama need Raymond?

3. Describe the working conditions at the chicken factory.

4. What rumors spread about who started the fire in Chapter 11?

5. Describe the house Raymond builds in Chapter 4.

6. How does Anne take her mind off what is happening in Centreville?

7. Describe Essie Mae's early life.

8. How does Essie get her name changed in Chapter 9?

9. How is life starting to get tough for the family?

10. Why is Anne disgusted with the work at the chicken factory?

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