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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sue do to ease her fear?
(a) Watches television.
(b) Sings a song she learned from her mother.
(c) Reads the Bible.
(d) Goes into town.

2. What does Sue sense that night about her son, Johnny-Boy?
(a) He is going to bust his brother out of jail.
(b) She will soon be saying good-bye to him.
(c) He will be shot and killed.
(d) He will soon be married.

3. What does Sue tell Johnny-Boy about the meeting?
(a) She doesn't mention the meeting.
(b) That the place will have to be moved.
(c) That she will attend.
(d) That the sheriff knows about it.

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

5. Who told Sue about what happened to her son who went to jail?
(a) Bob.
(b) Roger.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Cindy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sue think is responsible for telling the sheriff about the meeting?

2. What does Sue do after Johnny-Boy leaves?

3. What made Sue feel anxious and worried at the beginning of the story?

4. How did life seem to Sue after one of her sons went to jail?

5. How does Johnny-Boy feel when his mother keeps talking at him?

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