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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does she do when the sheriff ask her the question from question #74?
(a) She says she doesn't know.
(b) She spits in his face.
(c) She doesn't respond.
(d) She begins to cry.

2. What does Sue tell the sheriff?
(a) She doubts his sincerity.
(b) She appreciates his help.
(c) He is a liar and a fraud.
(d) He has no warrant.

3. What does Sue hear after she returns to her ironing after Reva left?
(a) Reva screaming.
(b) A lynch mob.
(c) The sheriff banging on the door.
(d) Johnny-Boy's footsteps.

4. What does the sheriff ask Sue about the meeting?
(a) What time it's to start.
(b) Who will attend.
(c) Where it will be held.
(d) Why they are having a meeting.

5. How did life seem to Sue after one of her sons went to jail?
(a) Easier.
(b) More difficult.
(c) No different than before.
(d) Dull.

6. What did Sue see as taking precedence over her life?
(a) Staying alive.
(b) Taking care of her sons.
(c) Winnning the lottery.
(d) White people's laws.

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

8. 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.

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

10. What does the Sheriff say to Sue about Johnny-Boy?
(a) If they need to look for him they will still find him.
(b) If they need to look for him they will arrest him.
(c) They don't say anything.
(d) If they need to look for him they will kill him.

11. Why was one of Sue's sons arrested a year ago?
(a) For talking back to the sheriff.
(b) For breaking the drug store's window.
(c) For not divulging names of others in the party.
(d) For raping a college student.

12. What does Sue repeat to the men?
(a) Asks them to sit down.
(b) Tells them to leave.
(c) Threatens to call the police.
(d) Asks if they want a cup of coffee.

13. Where does Sue find people in her house?
(a) In her bedroom.
(b) Johnny-Boy's room.
(c) The living room.
(d) The kitchen.

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

15. What does the word 'reiterate' mean?
(a) To argue about principle.
(b) To stare in silence.
(c) To say again.
(d) To return home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sue feel in her face?

2. Where is Sug at the beginning of the story?

3. What does Sue feel strongly about Johnny-Boy while Reva is there?

4. What does Sue tell the Sheriff about the meeting?

5. What is Sue doing when she realizes someone is in her house?

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