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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Christopher was growing up, what region did he live in?
(a) The dungle.
(b) The ruinate.
(c) The prison yard.
(d) The south.

2. What name does Kitty call Boy during an argument, in "Chapter 3"?
(a) Slave.
(b) Black-man.
(c) Cheater.
(d) Fool.

3. According to the narrator, why were the lands originally taken from the Jamaicans?
(a) To prove English power.
(b) To be cleared for agriculture.
(c) To try to help the native farmers.
(d) To build apartment buildings.

4. What do the people in the back of the truck think of themselves, in "Chapter 1"?
(a) That they are bettering their lives.
(b) That they are teachers.
(c) That they will receive help soon.
(d) That they are soldiers.

5. In the opening quote of "Chapter 3," what is the lover?
(a) A president.
(b) An assassin.
(c) A fool.
(d) A criminal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter 1," what do the soldiers see as a sign of the decline of civilization?

2. How does Boy Savage feel about going to the United States?

3. Why is Paul groggy when he discovers the bodies of his family members?

4. What does Boy say the sign was for his family to leave Jamaica?

5. Who does Charles have Christopher first serve?

(see the answer key)

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