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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cassie do when she sees her brother Stacey is changing?
(a) She follows him around.
(b) She tells her mother he is being mean.
(c) She listens to his phone conversations.
(d) She gets angry because he ignores her.

2. How does Stacey explain Uncle Hammer's anger about the Jacey Peters incident to Cassie?
(a) He tells her that when a white boy talks to a black girl, he is usually up to no good.
(b) He tells her no one wants whites and blacks to mix.
(c) He explains that Uncle Hammer knows that Stacey likes Jacey Peters.
(d) He tells Cassie that Uncle Hammer is secretly in love with Jacey.

3. What happens when Stacey says he wants to go to TJ's trial?
(a) They hold a family meeting.
(b) They say he will be put on trial with TJ.
(c) His parents say he cannot go.
(d) Mr. Morrison laughs at him.

4. Why are the Logans upset about Joe Billy and Stuart talking to Jacey Peters?
(a) The boys are sharecropper's sons and she is the daughter of a landowner.
(b) They are afraid the boys will beat Jacey.
(c) She is white and they are black.
(d) They are white and she is black.

5. What happens when Cassie takes a drink from the courthouse fountain while her brothers use the restrooms?
(a) The white folks inside look at them with disgust.
(b) The sheriff chases them out of the building.
(c) Jeremy Sims grabs her and the boys and makes them leave.
(d) Jeremy Sims tells the sheriff they are there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama tell Cassie when she is told about the TJ's trial?

2. What does Papa reveal to Cassie about his grandfather?

3. Where is Mama teaching?

4. How does the Sheriff refer to the union that is forming?

5. Why does Moe Turner walk three hours every weekday?

(see the answer key)

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