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

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

3. What do Prez and Perry say they did with the jars?
(a) Buried them.
(b) Threw them in the creek.
(c) Smashed them.
(d) Sold them.

4. Miss Beach asks Mama if she can work for two weeks in the ____________________.
(a) Attic.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Orchard.
(d) Sewing room.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mama tells Francie she wishes for _________.

2. What writing is on the label of Mama's jars?

3. Francie and her mother work for ______________, a school teacher.

4. What type of man does Francie NOT want to marry?

5. When does Daddy's letter say that he thinks he can bring his family to Chicago?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Clarissa Montgomery drive to Francine's house on the night the men and the dogs are searching for Jesse?

2. Where does Jesse say he is headed? What does Francie do to try to protect him for the night?

3. In what ways do the sheriff and deputy show disrespect to Francie and her family?

4. What does Mama's comment to Miss Beach about September foreshadow for the family?

5. What impact could Francie's protection of Jesse have for the whole neighborhood?

6. What does Jesse tell Francie about what happened with Mr. Bellamy and why he is in trouble?

7. What plans has Mama made for the family?

8. What arrives in the mail that lets Francie know that Jesse has made it to California?

9. How do Francie and Prez get food to Jesse in the woods?

10. What is the content of Daddy's letter? How does the family react to it?

(see the answer keys)

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