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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Lee Annie announce in April?
(a) It is officially spring.
(b) She wants to vote like her father did.
(c) All blacks should vote so they are treated better.
(d) She wants to run for office.

2. What does Papa reveal to Cassie about his grandfather?
(a) His father fell in love with a white woman but couldn't marrry her.
(b) His grandfather hated blacks and wouldn't touch a white woman.
(c) His grandfather was a slave owner and owned his grandmother.
(d) His grandfather married a white woman and she abandoned him with their children.

3. What is sharecropping?
(a) Landowners rent out a piece of their land to farmers.
(b) The government pays farmers not to grow crops.
(c) Farmers share the crop they have grown that year.
(d) The share of the crop the bank gets to repay loans they made to the farmers.

4. What does the county agent, Mr. Farnsworth, ask the Logans to do?
(a) He asks them to stop their neighbor from trying to steal their land.
(b) To let them know that the government checks will be late.
(c) He tells them they need to plant more crops to get more money.
(d) He asks them to get back into the government program.

5. Who does Mr. Farnsworth say beat him up?
(a) Black men.
(b) White men.
(c) Papa and Uncle Hammer.
(d) Strangers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Mr. Jamison bring to the family?

2. Why does Cassie attack Mary Lou Wellever?

3. What does Cassie remember Mrs. Lee Annie telling her about Wordell?

4. What decision does Papa Logan make that upsets his wife?

5. What happens when Mama refuses to let Stacey take the job he was offered in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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