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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jesse accused of hurting?
(a) Mr. Bellamy.
(b) Mr. Bowen.
(c) Mr. Billings.
(d) Mr. Bryson.

2. Where are Mama and her children moving?
(a) New York.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Los Angeles.

3. What does Mama chastise Francie for saying?
(a) Her father has re-married.
(b) Her mother doesn't like Miss Beach.
(c) They won't be moving to Chicago.
(d) Jesse should be in California by now.

4. What does someone from the search party throw against Mama's house?
(a) A beer bottle.
(b) A rock.
(c) A jar.
(d) A brick.

5. Who will store the family's possessions when they leave?
(a) Sara.
(b) Auntie.
(c) Maddie.
(d) Granny.

6. What does Francie reply when the Sheriff asks her what is wrong?
(a) Mama has come down with the flu.
(b) Her aunt is not recovering from her baby's delivery.
(c) No one has heard from her father for weeks.
(d) Her dog got torn up by a bloodhound last night.

7. What does Francie think about her father after so many disappointments?
(a) Maybe he is dead.
(b) Maybe he actually does have another family.
(c) He probably doesn't even remember her.
(d) She probably won't ever see him again.

8. Which of the following is NOT something that depresses Francie at the moment?
(a) Loss of dreams to move.
(b) Loss of Jesse.
(c) Daddy not coming.
(d) Her midterm grades.

9. Francie sees a photo of _______________ on Miss Lafayette's dresser.
(a) A dog.
(b) A man.
(c) A horse.
(d) Miss Lafayette.

10. What does Mama throw away when she returns home?
(a) The rest of the cake.
(b) Moldy bread.
(c) Spoiled milk.
(d) Old leftovers.

11. What does Francie give to Prez to hide in the woods?
(a) A gun.
(b) A sack of food.
(c) An envelope of money.
(d) A map.

12. What does the sheriff or deputy do that shows disrespect toward the black people?
(a) He slaps a little boy.
(b) He drives on the grass.
(c) He spits on the property.
(d) He pulls some flowers out of the ground.

13. Where do Francie and Prez find empty packing boxes?
(a) Green's.
(b) Diller's.
(c) McClary's.
(d) Watson's.

14. Where does Francie make Jesse hide?
(a) The attic.
(b) A cave.
(c) The shed.
(d) The cellar.

15. Jesse is being accused of hurting ________________ farm hand.
(a) Mr. Voiles'.
(b) Mr. Early's.
(c) Mr. Bascomb's.
(d) Mr. Givens'.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Francie angry at Jesse?

2. What is the name of the town where Francie lives?

3. What do the sheriff and his deputy ask Francie and the other children?

4. What does Francie tell Miss Lafayette when she sees her at the boardinghouse?

5. Who brings Prez and Perry home?

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