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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where do they all watch the trial?
(a) From the back of the wagon.
(b) From outside the courthouse.
(c) From the back row of the courtroom.
(d) From the courthouse hallway.

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

3. What does Stacey say would happen to a black person who got caught using the courthouse restrooms or fountain?
(a) The white folks would chase them home.
(b) The Sheriff would arrest them.
(c) They would have to clean the toilets.
(d) They would get in a lot of trouble.

4. What is the only reason why TJ Avery was not lynched after he was caught?
(a) There was a fire on the Logan property.
(b) RW & Melvin Simms said he didn't do it.
(c) People were no longer lynched.
(d) The town wanted a fair trial.

5. What does the county agent, Mr. Farnsworth, ask the Logans to do?
(a) He asks them to get back into the government program.
(b) To let them know that the government checks will be late.
(c) He asks them to stop their neighbor from trying to steal their land.
(d) He tells them they need to plant more crops to get more money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which marble catches Cassie's eye?

2. Why is Mama no longer a teacher?

3. What happens to TJ Avery's appeal for a new trial?

4. Who joins Papa on the visit to the Page Ellis family and Mrs. Lee Annie Lees?

5. What wasn't Mrs. Barnett wearing the night her husband was killed?

(see the answer key)

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