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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. That night the white people came in, evicted the blacks of this town and did what?
(a) Burned the town down.
(b) Took over the town.
(c) Sold the town to whites.
(d) Created an all-white town.

2. Old Sister Johnson had lived through slavery, and after being freed, she and a large number of other blacks started up a town called _____________.
(a) Hopeville.
(b) Crowville.
(c) Negroville.
(d) Blackville.

3. How does everyone feel when Tempy leaves?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Angry.
(c) Worried.
(d) Sad.

4. It was late March and Annjee decided that she was going to save up her money and do what?
(a) Bring Jimboy home.
(b) Go on a vacation.
(c) Buy Sandy new clothes and toys.
(d) Go to be with Jimboy all the time.

5. Jimboy sings many songs that he has learned from where?
(a) Across the country.
(b) The war.
(c) Kansas.
(d) The south.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sandy eventually do at the dance?

2. What was Aunt Hager going to do to punish Sandy?

3. What happened to the Gavitts?

4. What does Sandy do with his gift from Tempy?

5. In "Guitar", Jimboy has come home and is doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is learned about Jimboy and Sandy's relationship from their time fishing together?

2. Why do Tempy and her husband leave the Baptist church?

3. What did Sandy do with his collection plate money? Why did he do this?

4. How does Aunt Hager react to Harriet and Sandy going to a dance? Why does she react this way?

5. How is this a sad Christmas?

6. What are Hager's religious beliefs? What does Harriet think about these beliefs?

7. Why does Harriet run off with the circus?

8. Summarize "Storm."

9. How does Annjee defend her decision to go to Detroit?

10. How does Hager show she is a determined woman in this chapter?

(see the answer keys)

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