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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Paul feel about involving the police in his family's murder?
(a) There aren't police at this time.
(b) He thinks they will be useless.
(c) He thinks they will blame him.
(d) He thinks they will solve the crime.

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

3. Why does Kitty begin changing the notes at the laundry?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is given the task as a new job.
(c) She thinks she is telling funny jokes.
(d) She wants to correct the grammar.

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

5. How do the soldiers feel about the house, in "Chapter 1"?
(a) They are grateful to the people who live there.
(b) They want to burn it.
(c) They ignore it.
(d) They try to take it over.

6. In "Chapter 2," who is the first person Christopher speaks to when he arrives at Paul's house?
(a) Paul.
(b) Charles.
(c) Mavis.
(d) Evelyn.

7. What is printed on the notes used at the laundry?
(a) Recipes.
(b) Directions for cleaning clothes.
(c) Tips for a good life.
(d) Fortunes.

8. Why does Kitty's interview in "Chapter 3" go poorly?
(a) The interviewer finds out she's from Jamaica.
(b) The interview dislikes her accent.
(c) Kitty lies and is caught.
(d) Kitty is too nervous.

9. What event happens before Kitty and Boy leave for the United States?
(a) A murder.
(b) An illness.
(c) A political change.
(d) A robbery.

10. When Paul comes home in "Chapter 2," what does he see?
(a) A mysterious car.
(b) His parents waiting up for him.
(c) A fire in his backyard.
(d) Someone puking in his pool.

11. Whose face is on the notes used at the laundry?
(a) Two children.
(b) Kitty.
(c) Mrs. White.
(d) An old man.

12. How old is Christopher when his grandmother dies?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

13. In "Chapter 2," how does being far from home affect some Jamaicans?
(a) They are sad with it.
(b) They are frustrated with it.
(c) They gain power from it.
(d) They feel free because of it.

14. Where do the soldiers plan on training, in "Chapter 1"?
(a) In the United Stated.
(b) They don't know where they will train yet.
(c) In a soldier school.
(d) On their farm.

15. Where does Clare ride in the truck in "Chapter 4"?
(a) In the front passanger seat.
(b) In the back.
(c) She walks next to the truck.
(d) In the driver's seat.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of "Chapter 4," where does the truck end up?

2. In "Chapter 1," what origin is given for the word "ruinate"?

3. What frightens Christopher after his grandmother's death?

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

5. What does Harriet do for a living?

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