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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Papa take when he is angry?
(a) He taps his foot.
(b) He clenches his fists.
(c) He chews his lip.
(d) He chops wood.

2. How many dollars does Dr. Packard give to Paulette outside of Cathy's Candy Store?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

3. When Stella and Jojo's parents begin to argue, Stella heads outside for what activity?
(a) Writing.
(b) Knitting.
(c) Playing jacks.
(d) Softball.

4. In Cathy's Candy Store, who makes racist comments in response to another character's comment about segregated schools?
(a) Stella.
(b) Thelma.
(c) Kenneth.
(d) Paulette.

5. Within what area does Spoon Man travel all around plying his wares?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) The South.
(c) The Southwest.
(d) South Carolina.

6. What kind of animal does Jojo see when he mistakenly believes that it has no head?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cow.
(c) A horse.
(d) A mule.

7. When the family goes out to alert the neighborhood about the Klan's resurgence, who is assigned the right side of the street?
(a) Dusty.
(b) Mama.
(c) Papa.
(d) Jojo and Stella.

8. In what year does the narrative of Stella by Starlight take place?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1952.

9. Bumblebee is said to be "tucked in the rocky bottom of" (4) which mountains?
(a) Blue Ridge.
(b) Pyrenees.
(c) Appalachian.
(d) Grand Tetons.

10. The writing depicted in the chapter entitled "Truth" displays what trait?
(a) One corner is ripped.
(b) Some of the words are crossed out.
(c) It appears to have been burned in one corner.
(d) It is written in cursive.

11. What is Stella's response when she is told that she cannot visit the place she would like to go in Spindale?
(a) She says that she knows and that it is not fair.
(b) She says that she is going to go anyway.
(c) She says that she knows and that she does not care.
(d) She says that she does not believe it.

12. Stella says that she has a feeling that the Klan like to make black people "feel" (15) what way?
(a) Uneven.
(b) Powerless.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Confused.

13. The animal Jojo mistakenly believes to be headless has what color body?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Gray.
(d) White.

14. Spoon Man's longest tale involves what two types of birds?
(a) Chickens and geese.
(b) Chickens and eagles.
(c) Swans and ducks.
(d) Herons and ducks.

15. What is the name of the school attended by all of the white children in Bumblebee?
(a) Desert Escape.
(b) Three Cedars.
(c) Mountain View.
(d) Hollenbeck.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character does Stella identify as having attended the Klan rally?

2. How many times in her life has Stella seen an airplane in the sky?

3. In what state is Stella's hometown of Bumblebee located?

4. The narrator says that it takes how long for all of the "black men of Bumblebee" (9) to gather?

5. Stella is the only student in the school who has what trait?

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