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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. Who are the people in Sue's house?
(a) Several white men.
(b) Reva and her father.
(c) Johnny-Boy and comrades.
(d) Women from the church.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sheriff tell Sue?

2. What does Johnny-Boy do when he comes home?

3. What is Sue primarily afraid of that night?

4. What does the sheriff do when Sue doesn't answer all his questions?

5. How do you think Johnny-Boy feels about his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sue feel about Booker helping her and what does she do?

2. What does Sue do for several hours after the sheriff leaves?

3. What does Reva do and what does she ask Sue?

4. What does Booker do when Sue recognizes him?

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

6. How does Reva feel about Sue's answers to her questions?

7. What does Sue do when her son falls asleep and what does she decide?

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

9. What does Sue think about her sons?

10. What does Sue do when she feels she wants to be alone?

(see the answer keys)

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