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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9, White Folks, Dance, Carnival.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On Thursday afternoon, who comes home to visit?
(a) Hager's friend Sister Johnson.
(b) Hager's oldest daughter Tempy.
(c) Hager's middle daughter Annjee.
(d) Hager's youngest daughter Harriet.

2. What did Harriet do that night when she came home late?
(a) She packed her bags and ran off with the circus.
(b) She packed her bags and caught the next train to New York City.
(c) She packed her bags and moved in with her boyfriend.
(d) She wrote a nasty note to Aunt Hager.

3. Why do Tempy and her husband quit the black Baptist church?
(a) They have converted to Catholicism.
(b) To join the white Episcopalian church.
(c) They are no longer Christians.
(d) They do not like the new minister.

4. How does Sandy react to Mrs. Rice's treatment of his mother?
(a) He cries.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He jokes.
(d) He complains.

5. How long has it been since Annjee's husband, Jimboy, has written?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Three years.
(c) Three months.
(d) Three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aunt Hager argued that they shouldn't hate white people but do what?

2. When they get home, Annjee was happy to have the evening. Why?

3. Stanton largely has _________ social classes.

4. At the beginning of the story, what is Aunt Hager desperately trying to do?

5. How did the white men feel about working alongside a black man?

(see the answer key)

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