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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. Stella helps Papa to set up a pallet in the barn for whose use?
(a) Mama.
(b) Jojo.
(c) Stella.
(d) Spoon Man.
2. During a scene in the Cathy's Candy Store, who confides in Stella that she thinks it is "kinda stupid" (38) that the white and black children attend different schools?
(a) Paulette.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Theresa.
(d) Thelma.
3. What kind of animal belongs to Spoon Man?
(a) A dog.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A mule.
(d) A mare.
4. What kind of animal does Jojo see when he mistakenly believes that it has no head?
(a) A horse.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cow.
(d) A mule.
5. What type of candy does each child receive on their way out of Cathy's Candy Store?
(a) A circus peanut.
(b) A Hershey's Kiss.
(c) A gumball.
(d) A gumdrop.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Stella and Jojo's parents begin to argue, Jojo heads outside for what activity?
2. Whose skin is likened to the color of rum?
3. Jojo tells his parents that he and Stella had hidden behind what object during the Klan rally?
4. How many dollars does Dr. Packard give to Paulette outside of Cathy's Candy Store?
5. Bumblebee is said to be "tucked in the rocky bottom of" (4) which mountains?
Short Essay Questions
1. What comment does Papa make about shame after the pastor's sermon?
2. How does the cross outside of New Hope Church echo the novel's depiction of beauty within imperfection?
3. Why are Jojo and Stella outside in the middle of the night in the novel's opening scene?
4. Provide a description of Mama's temperament.
5. Who is Spoon Man?
6. What aspect of the Klan's reemergence most alarms Papa and why?
7. What plan does Pastor Patton tell the congregation he will undertake the following morning?
8. What philosophy are the black people in Bumblebee said to hold because "it had always been" (5) so?
9. What racial inequalities are depicted within the voter registration process in Spindale?
10. What is unique about the Spencer family?
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