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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the men in "Chapter 1" get their weapons?
(a) They trade for them.
(b) They steal them.
(c) They build them.
(d) They buy them from the United States.

2. What does Miss Mattie's granddaughter do to help others, in "Chapter 1."
(a) She gives them rides in a truck.
(b) She raises money for them.
(c) She gives them food.
(d) She builds them homes.

3. In "Chapter 1," what name is given to the land the soldiers travel through?
(a) White land.
(b) Cockpit country.
(c) Ruin rumbles.
(d) New Jamaica.

4. In "Chapter 2," what does Christopher remember about a light-skinned boy from his childhood?
(a) Learning to read.
(b) Digging holes.
(c) Going fishing.
(d) Going to church.

5. Where are the words "no telephone to heaven" painted?
(a) On a truck.
(b) On a billboard.
(c) On a shack.
(d) On a government building.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter 1," why does the narrator say the men and women in the truck claimed a piece of land?

2. According to the narrator, why were the lands originally taken from the Jamaicans?

3. Where does the truck head, in "Chapter 1"?

4. What does the Brother at the church give Christopher as a child?

5. How do the soldiers feel about the house, in "Chapter 1"?

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