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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 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 married a white woman and she abandoned him with their children.
(c) His grandfather hated blacks and wouldn't touch a white woman.
(d) His grandfather was a slave owner and owned his grandmother.

2. 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 asks them to get back into the government program.
(d) He tells them they need to plant more crops to get more money.

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

4. How does the Sheriff refer to the union that is forming?
(a) A negro conspiracy.
(b) An illegal activity.
(c) A socialist conspiracy.
(d) A big mistake.

5. What is Papa's other job?
(a) Working for the railroad.
(b) Helping build the new hospital.
(c) Teaching at the high school.
(d) Working on Mr. Granger's farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sustains life in this small southern town?

2. What relationship does Mr. Granger have with Mrs. Lee Annie?

3. What is the consequence of Papa's decision to quit the government program?

4. Where is the first Union meeting held?

5. What happens when Stacey and Little Willie try to get a job at the hospital construction site?

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