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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Sue continues to refuse to answer the Sheriff's questions, what does he do?
(a) He offers her money for the answers.
(b) He shoots Sue.
(c) He and his men leave the house.
(d) He ties Sue up and begins systematic torture.

3. What does Reva tell Sue about the sheriff?
(a) He killed Reva's father.
(b) He was looking for her.
(c) He was at her home that night.
(d) He raped her.

4. Why did Johnny-Boy think it was necessary to take in so many members so quickly?
(a) To collect more dues.
(b) To make the party grow and become strong.
(c) To spread out the meeting places.
(d) So he could get outside help.

5. What does Sue see one of the men in her house do?
(a) None of them did anything.
(b) Move his arm suddenly.
(c) Tip over her laundry pail
(d) Kick his foot towards her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Johnny-Boy at the beginning of the story?

2. Why was one of Sue's sons arrested a year ago?

3. What does Sue tell Johnny-Boy about the meeting?

4. When will Sue tell Johnny-Boy the meeting needs to be called off?

5. Who is Sue thinking about in the opening paragraphs of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Reva and Sue wonder about concerning the sheriff?

2. What does the sheriff do when Sue doesn't respond to his second request?

3. How do the other men with the sheriff respond to what she says to him?

4. What is Sue asked as she rises to her feet?

5. How does Sue feel and what does she tell Booker when he offers to help her?

6. What does Sue realize about Johnny-Boy and his work?

7. What does Sue think about her sons?

8. What does the sheriff ask Sue and what is her reply? What does the sheriff do after she replies to him?

9. What does Johnny-Boy do when Sue is standing near him?

10. What does Sue do after Reva leaves?

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