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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What relationship does Mr. Granger have with Mrs. Lee Annie?
(a) He is secretly courting her.
(b) He owns the land where she lives.
(c) He is her neighbor.
(d) He is the Mayor and he's afaid she'll run against him.

3. What happens when Stacey and Little Willie try to get a job at the hospital construction site?
(a) Stacey is told he is too weak to do the work.
(b) Stacey is offered a job whitewashing for a week.
(c) They are both offered a job whitewashing for a week.
(d) They are both sent away and told not to come back.

4. What is the consequence of Papa's decision to quit the government program?
(a) Nothing will happen.
(b) He will set a bad example to other farmers.
(c) He will pay higher taxes.
(d) He will be able to stop paying high taxes.

5. Why does Moe Turner walk three hours every weekday?
(a) To get to and from his work so he can help his family.
(b) He wants to stay in shape.
(c) To earn extra money taking supplies to the farmers.
(d) To get an education and have a better life than his father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Mama teaching?

3. What happens to Cassie during canning season?

4. After receiving a copy of the Mississippi constitution, what does Mrs. Lee Annie decide she wants to do?

5. What is sharecropping?

(see the answer key)

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