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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why were Papa Logan and Mr. Morrison looking for Dynamite?
(a) Because he is a prized bull and he is missing.
(b) They were going use it to blow up Mr. Granger's barn.
(c) They were going to have him butchered so they would have enough meat.
(d) They were hoping to sell their bull to help pay their taxes.

2. Who is with Doris Ann when they find her hanging from the church bell rope?
(a) Ella Lou Hicks.
(b) Mr. Ellis.
(c) Wordell.
(d) Joe.

3. After TJ is found guilty and led from the courthouse, who tries to talk to him?
(a) His mother and father.
(b) The Logan children.
(c) Stacey and Cassie.
(d) Mr. Jamison.

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

5. What explanation does Stacey give for Jeremy Sims making them leave?
(a) They were supposed to wait in line and didn't.
(b) The water fountain and the restrooms inside the courthouse are for white folks.
(c) Jeremy Sims is evil like his brothers.
(d) The boys went into the ladies' restroom by accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Stacey say would happen to a black person who got caught using the courthouse restrooms or fountain?

2. What sustains life in this small southern town?

3. What does Jeremy give Stacey and Cassie?

4. What does Papa say about laws?

5. How does Stacey explain Uncle Hammer's anger about the Jacey Peters incident to Cassie?

(see the answer key)

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