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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: "Obeah Juju" - Chapter 14: "Lost Years".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what days of the week do the overseers drive the workers to the depot, according to the narrator in Chapter 9: “An Improvement”?
(a) Saturdays and Sundays.
(b) Tuesdays and Thursdays.
(c) Mondays and Wednesdays.
(d) Tuesdays and Fridays.

2. What children's game do the workers enjoy playing with Eddie at the farm in Chapter 14: "Lost Years"?
(a) Connect 4.
(b) Tic-tac-toe.
(c) Jump-rope.
(d) Shoots and Ladders.

3. What is the name of Eddie's mother?
(a) Bethella.
(b) Darlene.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Sandy.

4. Who brings up the idea of the barn by the depot as a quarantine in Chapter 12: "Obeah Juju"?
(a) Gaspard.
(b) How.
(c) Jackie.
(d) Sextus.

5. What is the name of the town where the workers are taken to the depot in Chapter 9: “An Improvement”?
(a) Orwell.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Richland.
(d) Eden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job that Darlene and the men are bused on the farm to do in Chapter 7: “Who is Delicious?”

2. Who is the doctor that Bethella takes Eddie to see in the Prologue: "Little Muddy"?

3. Where does the neighbor tell Eddie that aunt Bethella lives now in the Prologue: "Little Muddy"?

4. What does Sparkplug die from?

5. Who smacks Eddie on the behind when he asks why his father has not been invited to the party in Chapter 5: “Show Us the Planets”?

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