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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. In Chapter 20, what year is it?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2000.

2. In Chapter 24, who brings Mya home from school after she hears the Pentagon is struck?
(a) Miriam.
(b) August.
(c) Joan's history teacher.
(d) The principal.

3. In Chapter 20, what is the name of Joan's history teacher?
(a) Mr. Clark.
(b) Mr. Harrison.
(c) Mr. Richardson.
(d) Mr. Abrahams.

4. When does Joan take an art class at Rhodes in Chapter 20?
(a) Fridays.
(b) Tuesdays.
(c) Saturdays.
(d) Mondays.

5. What day of the week was August born?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Thursday.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, how many years ago was Hazel in the same fast-track nusing program Miriam is attending?

2. In Chapter 22, in how many years will Miriam be a nurse?

3. In Chapter 20, how long is Derek's prison sentence?

4. How many works does Joan need in her portfolio to apply to the art school she wishes to attend?

5. Who calls early in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the visits August makes to see Derek affect her?

2. What flood has affected Memphis in 1937?

3. Why does Miriam want Joan to be a doctor?

4. What are August, Miriam, and Joan doing in Chapter 24, when the doorbell rings after two in the morning, and who do they find at the door?

5. Who calls in Chapter 23, and what decision is made after the call?

6. Why does Joan go to Sunday Mass?

7. How did Hazel's father die?

8. What shop is a staple in the North Memphis neighborhood where Hazel lives?

9. When did Miriam graduate from nursing school, and what was her graduation ceremony like?

10. In Chapter 22, how does Miriam hear about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?

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