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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Little Man tell the others about Mr. Morrison while sitting on the river bank?
(a) Mr. Morrison loves them all like a second father.
(b) Mr. Morrison was once in jail because of his temper.
(c) Mr. Morrison once broke a man's back.
(d) Mr. Morrison is divorced and that is why he lives in their shed.

2. Why is Jeremy Sims nervous around the Logan children?
(a) He is afraid they will beat him because he is the brother of RW and Melvin Sims.
(b) He is afraid his parents or other white folks will see him with the black childen.
(c) He's afraid of what they think of him since his brothers were responsible for TJ Avery's death.
(d) He is afraid the black children will call him a murderer.

3. What does Cassie ask Stacey when she finds the sweet gum tree?
(a) She asks him to let her borrow his knife to cut some gum out of the tree.
(b) She asks him to cut some gum out of the tree for her to chew.
(c) She asks him to cut some gum out of the tree for Suzella.
(d) She asks him to cut gum out of the tree for everyone.

4. What happened to the boy who died?
(a) An alligator got him as they crossed the swamp.
(b) He got caught in a beaver trap.
(c) He was shot by hunters.
(d) He died of diptheria.

5. Where does the Logan family and Mr. Morrison meet each night after dinner?
(a) Around the kitchen table for dessert.
(b) In Mama and Papa's room.
(c) On the front porch.
(d) In the library to talk and do homework.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joins Papa when he returns from the railroad to search for Stacey?

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

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

4. Who was Mr. Barnett?

5. What does Mrs. Lee Annie announce in April?

(see the answer key)

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