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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. What is Mr. Lanier’s first name?

2. In Chapter 9, on what day of the week do Mr. Logan, Stacey, and Mr. Morrison go to shop in Vicksburg?

3. How long is Cassie Lillian Jean’s slave?

4. How many vehicles pull into the Avery yard after the Logan children get T.J. home?

5. What is the sheriff’s name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stacey do with his new coat from Uncle Hammer?

2. How does Cassie threaten Lillian Jean when the girl threatens to tell her father that Cassie beat her up?

3. Why do Mr. Avery and Mr. Lanier decide not to shop in Vicksburg?

4. How do Mama and Big Ma prepare to fight the fire?

5. What can Cassie smell cooking Christmas morning?

6. In Chapter 9, why does Mr. Jamison come to talk to Mr. Logan?

7. What happens in Chapter 10 when Kaleb Wallace blocks the road so Mr. Morrison can’t get through with the wagon?

8. What happened to Mr. Morrison’s family?

9. What is Mrs. Logan teaching when members of the school board come to observe her classroom?

10. Why does Cassie think that Stacey feels responsible for T.J.?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Logan makes a statement that the whites demand respect, but get only fear in return. What is the difference between the respect that the whites demand and the fear they receive in exchange? Why don’t the black respect the whites? Can respect be demanded to be given?

Essay Topic 2

White people thought they were superior to blacks. How did the whites justify their superiority? How did the belief in white superiority translate to mistreatment of blacks? In the novel, did most blacks believe they were inferior to whites?

Essay Topic 3

When both Mr. and Mrs. Logan lose their outside jobs, the family struggles to make ends meet. Why is it so important for the family to have cash? How do they pull together to survive? How does Uncle Hammer help? Why does he help when he doesn’t even live on the land?

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