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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. What does Clare say happened when her father tried to register her as white for school?
(a) She was forced to take a test.
(b) She was given preferential treatment.
(c) He was arrested.
(d) He was caught lying.

2. After Kitty's death, what does Clare feel she must do?
(a) Start her own business.
(b) Marry someone.
(c) Travel Europe.
(d) Transcend her mother's life.

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

4. Who used to own the land the men and women in the truck reclaimed?
(a) No one knows.
(b) Rupert Goldstein.
(c) Miss Mattie.
(d) Mr. Walker.

5. What job does Kitty interview for in "Chapter 3"?
(a) A receptionist.
(b) A job at a bank.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A job with a newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Kitty has a flashback in "Chapter 3," what does she remember waking her up at night?

2. In "Chapter 2," how does being far from home affect some Jamaicans?

3. What do the men and women farm on their land, in "Chapter 1"?

4. Why does Kitty visit several grocery stores, in "Chapter 3"?

5. Who does Charles have Christopher first serve?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Kitty changes the notes, in "Chapter 3"?

2. Who is Miss Mattie?

3. What is revealed about Paul and Christopher when they talk to each other, in "Chapter 2"?

4. Why is ganja important to the soldiers?

5. What has happened to the house described, in "Chapter 1"?

6. What does the truck do, in "Chapter 1"?

7. What does Christopher do, at the end of "Chapter 2"?

8. What happens when the Hispanic woman comes into the laundry, in "Chapter 3"?

9. What was Christopher's childhood like?

10. Why is Kitty homesick in New York City?

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