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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Mr. Wheeler and John Moses trying to do?
(a) Form a cooperative with all the sharecroppers so they will own the majority of the land.
(b) Arrange a strike against the landowners.
(c) Form a union of sharecroppers.
(d) Form a union of land owners

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

3. Why is Mr. Jamison the victim of vandalism and threats?
(a) Because no one likes a black lawyer.
(b) Because the black community hates him.
(c) Because he is an outsider.
(d) Because he is a white lawyer representing a black man.

4. What do the younger brothers tell Stacey and Cassie about their new house guest, Suzella?
(a) She is white.
(b) She is taking Cassie's room.
(c) She is much older.
(d) She is beautiful.

5. After receiving a copy of the Mississippi constitution, what does Mrs. Lee Annie decide she wants to do?
(a) Learn to read.
(b) Visit the state capitol.
(c) Vote.
(d) Memorize the constitution.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were Papa Logan and Mr. Morrison looking for Dynamite?

2. What explanation does Stacey give for Jeremy Sims making them leave?

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

4. Who set the fire on the night TJ Avery was nearly lynched?

5. What happens when Cassie takes a drink from the courthouse fountain while her brothers use the restrooms?

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