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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. Who is the first person Ruth tells about her new job?
(a) Andrew
(b) Her grandmother
(c) Aunt Mary
(d) Her mother

2. What state does Ruth live in at the time of the church's 40th anniversary?
(a) New Jersey
(b) Colorado
(c) Virginia
(d) New York

3. What does Ruth say about Suffolk?
(a) Nothing has changed
(b) It is ruined
(c) It is still beautiful
(d) It is full of bad memories

4. What does Rocky send Ruth?
(a) A voodoo doll
(b) Flowers
(c) A pram
(d) Chocolate

5. Who was James named after?
(a) James Dean
(b) James Brown
(c) Jimmy White
(d) Andrew's Uncle Jim

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ruth phone in this chapter?

2. Where does Ruth find a job in this chapter?

3. Who did David become friends with while working on the Wilmington News Journal?

4. Which of Ruth's friends dies in this chapter?

5. Whose records did James obtain form the U.S. army?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does James think his mother is a success?

2. Who is David Wind?

3. How does James feel about his father?

4. Why does Ruth go back to Virginia in Chapter 19?

5. In what way does James' life take a turn for the better in Delaware?

6. Summarize the book.

7. Describe the blood sacrifice of a chicken.

8. How does Ruth react to Irene's death?

9. What does Aubrey Rubenstein tell James in Chapter 22?

10. What problems does James say he had as a child of mixed race?

(see the answer keys)

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