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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1920.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What begins to grow when Shadrack realizes where he is?
(a) His friend's eyes
(b) His feet
(c) His hands
(d) His plate

2. What did the slaves do when they heard about the fertile land?
(a) They ignored the farmer
(b) They talked with others before accepting the deal
(c) They didn't believe it
(d) They begged for it

3. What did the farmer compare the land to?
(a) Heaven
(b) Limbo
(c) Plantations
(d) Hell

4. What kind of work would it take to make the land productive?
(a) Slave
(b) None at all
(c) Backbreaking
(d) Mechanical

5. When does Helene travel to see her dying grandmother?
(a) 1919
(b) 1921
(c) 1922
(d) 1920

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people assume as Shadrack is walking down the road?

2. What does Shadrack remember the river being full of?

3. Where does Shadrack look at his reflection?

4. Whose grandmother is trying to keep her away from a certain place?

5. What is the name of the neighborhood in which most of the story takes place?

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