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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the first Union meeting held?
2. What happens when Stacey and Little Willie try to get a job at the hospital construction site?
3. What surrounds the town?
4. What do Mama and Cousin Bud agree on?
5. What is Papa's other job?
Short Essay Questions
1. How would you analyze Jeremy Sims' actions in the story?
2. Describe what happens when Cassie takes her younger brothers into the courthouse.
3. Analyze the reaction of finding Doris Ann hanging from a rope, in spite of the obvious fact that Wordell was the reason she did not die.
4. How would you interpret the Logan children's decision to sneak to the trial of their friend?
5. Describe TJ Avery's predicament in the story.
6. Explain why Mama begs Papa not to return to the railroad.
7. Based on what you have learned up to Chapter 6, what problems would you say Cousin Bud faces because he married a white woman?
8. Paraphrase the story Cassie tells about how her family came to own their land.
9. What revelation does Papa have when he describes Uncle Hammer's reaction to finding Jeremy Sim's photograph?
10. How would you interpret Cousin Bud's reason for wanting his daughter to spend time with the Logan family?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the story, Moe Turner expresses his opinion that a good education is the way out of sharecropping. In an essay, explain how the process of sharecropping worked. Where did it go wrong? Who had the power to solve the problem? How could they have solved the problem?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay describing the boycott mentioned in the story and what happened to Mama and Papa Logan because of it.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the questions raised in the minds of the characters regarding the injustices that are taking place. What answers are found in the story? What questions are unanswered?
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