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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people do when Sue speaks to them?
(a) Scream at her.
(b) Fall silent.
(c) Run out of the house.
(d) Breaks her window.

2. What does the Sheriff do when he hears Sue yell at him?
(a) Gives her an obscene gesture.
(b) Ignores her.
(c) Comes back to the house and shoots her.
(d) Comes back to the house and hits her.

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

4. What does Sue do when Johnny-Boy gets ready to leave the house?
(a) Packs him a lunch.
(b) Starts to cry.
(c) Tries to stop him.
(d) Walks him to the door.

5. For whom does the cold and rain make Sue long?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her dead husband.
(d) Sug.

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

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

8. What made Sue feel anxious and worried at the beginning of the story?
(a) Her brother went into the hospital.
(b) Her mother has been ill.
(c) She learned a Communist meeting had been called.
(d) Sug was supposed to be home yesterday.

9. What does the sheriff tell Sue?
(a) He is there to arrest Johnny-Boy.
(b) He has brought Sug home.
(c) He is there to help her.
(d) He is there to arrest her.

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

11. What does Sue feel in her face?
(a) Water from the tea pot.
(b) Left over greens from dinner.
(c) A burlap sack.
(d) A mosquito.

12. What is Sue doing when she realizes someone is in her house?
(a) Washing clothes.
(b) Reading.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Cooking.

13. What does Sue do when she quits ironing?
(a) Has a bottle of beer.
(b) Goes to bed.
(c) Sews Johnny-Boy's jacket.
(d) Fixes Johnny-Boy's dinner.

14. What does Sue tell the Sheriff about the meeting?
(a) She refuses to tell him anything.
(b) That the location is going to be moved every hour.
(c) That they have canceled the meeting.
(d) That her son is not attending the meeting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sue want Johnny-Boy to have some money?

2. When is Johnny-Boy happiest?

3. What does Sue think the person in her house wants?

4. What does Sue say to the people in her house?

5. What is the weather like at the opening of Bright and Morning Star?

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