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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Reverend Olamina do when Keith returns?
(a) He makes him apologize to the congregation again.
(b) He beats him.
(c) He hugs him.
(d) He tells him to leave.

2. In Lauren's dream, what does she do when her stepmother isn't watching?
(a) She eats a piece of fruit.
(b) She steals some money.
(c) She cries.
(d) She falls into the basket of clothes.

3. How long does Lauren think her money lasts?
(a) A day.
(b) About a month.
(c) For a year.
(d) About two weeks.

4. Why does Lauren's father say he doesn't go North?
(a) He hates the North.
(b) It is too cold.
(c) There aren't any jobs.
(d) He doesn't know anyone there.

5. What does Keith get for his birthday?
(a) Money.
(b) New clothes.
(c) A BB gun.
(d) Keys to the gate.

6. What is Reverend Olamina's sermon about after Keith returns home?
(a) Noah.
(b) The Parable of the Sower.
(c) Job.
(d) The Ten Commandments.

7. Why doesn't Reverend Olamina think the company accepts them?
(a) They are overeducated.
(b) They are a Black and Hispanic family.
(c) They are too poor.
(d) They don't want a minister's family.

8. What kind of animal does Richard Moss raise?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cows.

9. Who starts the fire in the neighborhood?
(a) Amy Dunn.
(b) Joanne Garfield.
(c) Tracy Dunn.
(d) Harry Balter.

10. Why does the group from the neighborhood go into the hills?
(a) To capture a dog.
(b) To locate a missing person.
(c) To find water.
(d) For target practice.

11. Why does Keith say that his friends on the outside find him useful?
(a) Because he has money.
(b) Because he gets them drugs.
(c) Because he has a gun.
(d) Because he reads and writes.

12. Where do most families in the neighborhood get their news?
(a) From the newspaper.
(b) From the Internet.
(c) By radio.
(d) From travelling news reporters.

13. For how many years does Lauren's dad live in Los Angeles?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Twenty one years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two years.

14. Where is the astronaut who dies on a mission going to?
(a) The moon.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Venus.
(d) Mars.

15. How many children live in the Yannis household?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lauren plan to do for Amy?

2. How many wives does Richard Moss have?

3. What does Lauren decide to call her belief system?

4. How does Keith get out of the gates?

5. What does Rev. Olamina call Lauren that makes her think she is "close to trouble"?

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