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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who returns home wearing an Army uniform?
(a) Dube.
(b) Russell.
(c) Wordell.
(d) Don Lee.

3. What does Mr. Granger offer to do for Papa?
(a) Pay Papa's taxes.
(b) Buy the Logan farm.
(c) Bribe the county agent.
(d) Give Papa a loan.

4. Who is in jail, accused of killing Mr. Barnett?
(a) TJ Avery.
(b) Mrs. Barnett.
(c) RW & Melvin Simms.
(d) Willie & Maynard Wiggins.

5. What does Cassie inwardly confess about Mrs. Lee Annie?
(a) They love her apple pie.
(b) They hate being forced to hug and kiss her.
(c) They all love her.
(d) They would rather hide from her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Stacey say white men use black women?

2. What is Papa's other job?

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

4. What sustains life in this small southern town?

5. As Mr. Jamison questions several people about the night of Mr. Barnett's death, the testimonies offered also make the actions of which two other people look suspicious?

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