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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 movie does Boy see at the drive-in theater?
(a) Breakfast at Tiffany's.
(b) A documentary about England.
(c) Singing in the Rain.
(d) Gone With the Wind.

2. What does the Brother at the church give Christopher as a child?
(a) A wooden cross.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A picture of Christ.
(d) A rosary.

3. What event of the American Civil Rights movement does Clare say most affected her?
(a) The lunch counter sit-ins.
(b) The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
(c) The bombing of a church.
(d) The bus boycotts.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chapter 2," how does the unnamed man with the truck pay to go to London?

2. What does Harriet do for a living?

3. In "Chapter 4," what makes Clare nearly lose her balance?

4. In the opening quote of "Chapter 3," what is the lover?

5. Why does Kitty's interview in "Chapter 3" go poorly?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the truck in "Chapter 2" connected to religion?

2. What things does Boy think will ruin his family's chance to pass as white?

3. How is Clare's relationship with Paul defined?

4. Why is Kitty homesick in New York City?

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

6. Why is ganja important to the soldiers?

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

8. What job does Kitty have, in "Chapter 3"?

9. What flashback occurs in "Chapter 3"?

10. What was Christopher's childhood like?

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