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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the sheriff do when Sue doesn't answer all his questions?
(a) He handcuffs her.
(b) He kicks her in the shin.
(c) He slaps her in the face.
(d) He leaves.

2. What happens to Sue after question #76?
(a) She goes to bed.
(b) She goes to jail.
(c) She falls to the floor.
(d) She is raped.

3. What does Johnny-Boy do when he comes home?
(a) Takes a shower.
(b) Eats dinner.
(c) Goes to bed.
(d) Takes off his shoes and lights his pipe.

4. By what is Sue consumed?
(a) Bitter pride.
(b) Bitter knowledge.
(c) Tolerance for the ignorant Sheriff.
(d) Forgiveness for the Sheriff.

5. What does Sue do as the Sheriff is leaving?
(a) Yells after him and tells him what he wants to know.
(b) Yells after him to taunt him.
(c) Calls the FBI.
(d) Shoots him with her shotgun.

6. What does Sue tell Johnny-Boy about Reva?
(a) That she was arrested.
(b) That she came over.
(c) That she loves him.
(d) That her father beat her up.

7. What does Sue do while Johnny-Boy is eating?
(a) Feeds the dog.
(b) Has a cup of coffee at the table.
(c) Takes a walk.
(d) Keeps ironing.

8. How does Sue feel about Reva?
(a) Is afraid of her.
(b) Is suspicious of her.
(c) Is wary of her.
(d) Likes and trusts her.

9. How does Johnny-Boy see the people he encounters?
(a) As rich or poor.
(b) As communist or not.
(c) As black or white.
(d) As young or old.

10. Who is Sue thinking about in the opening paragraphs of the story?
(a) Johnny-Boy.
(b) Her dead husband.
(c) Her sister, Ethel.
(d) Her grandmother.

11. Why does Sue protect her sons?
(a) Because she believes as strongly as they do in the Communist ideals.
(b) Because she hates the Sheriff.
(c) Because they believe so strongly in what they're doing.
(d) Because they have threatened her.

12. Where is Sug at the beginning of the story?
(a) Jail.
(b) College.
(c) Working.
(d) Vocational school.

13. What does Sue do after Johnny-Boy finishes eating?
(a) Goes to bed.
(b) Starts to iron again.
(c) More laundry.
(d) The dishes.

14. What happens when Johnny-Boy dozes off?
(a) Reva comes back.
(b) He starts to snore.
(c) His pipe drops to the floor.
(d) Lightning hits the house.

15. When is Johnny-Boy happiest?
(a) When he's with Reva.
(b) When he's working for the party.
(c) When he's fishing.
(d) When he's in school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sue realize about Johnny-Boy?

2. What does Reva think about the meeting that's been called?

3. What does Sue do to ignore her fears?

4. What does Sue do when Reva leaves?

5. When will Sue tell Johnny-Boy the meeting needs to be called off?

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