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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What decision does Papa Logan make that upsets his wife?
(a) He is going to sell some acreage to Mr. Granger.
(b) He is going to join the union.
(c) He is going back to work for the railroad.
(d) He is going to sell the farm.

2. When the Logan children and their friends are walking to school, why must they listen for the white school bus?
(a) Because they are afraid if the bus stops they will be beaten by the white children on the bus.
(b) Because they don't want the white children to see them and call them names.
(c) Because they must go into the woods to keep from being splashed with muddy water.
(d) Because the bus driver likes to play chicken with them.

3. What is Papa's other job?
(a) Working for the railroad.
(b) Helping build the new hospital.
(c) Working on Mr. Granger's farm.
(d) Teaching at the high school.

4. How does Stacey explain Uncle Hammer's anger about the Jacey Peters incident to Cassie?
(a) He tells her that when a white boy talks to a black girl, he is usually up to no good.
(b) He tells Cassie that Uncle Hammer is secretly in love with Jacey.
(c) He explains that Uncle Hammer knows that Stacey likes Jacey Peters.
(d) He tells her no one wants whites and blacks to mix.

5. What secret does Cousin Bud reveal?
(a) He is going to marry a white woman.
(b) He is getting a divorce.
(c) He is married to a white woman.
(d) He has a daughter.

6. Cousin Bud tells Mama that his wife wants their daughter to. . .
(a) live with the black for a while.
(b) go to college.
(c) live with her father.
(d) pass herself off as white.

7. What happens the second time Cassie's Papa finds out she is playing marbles?
(a) She is grounded.
(b) He makes her memorize the Ten Commandments.
(c) She must recite the Tenth Commandment.
(d) He makes her give back the marbles she won.

8. While the jury deliberates, who sees Cassie and her brothers and reprimands them?
(a) Joe.
(b) Mrs. Jamison.
(c) Papa Logan.
(d) Mama Logan.

9. Why doesn't PaPa want his children to play marbles?
(a) He wants them to do their chores.
(b) He is afraid someone would fall on them.
(c) He considers it to be gambling.
(d) It is time for dinner.

10. How was Mr. Barnett killed?
(a) He died trying to save his wife.
(b) He fell down the stairs.
(c) He was beaten.
(d) He was hit on the head with the blunt end of an axe.

11. Who is driving the bright yellow Ford?
(a) Cousin Wiggins.
(b) Uncle Hammer.
(c) Mr. Hammer.
(d) Uncle Dube.

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

13. What does Mrs. Lee Annie announce in April?
(a) She wants to run for office.
(b) It is officially spring.
(c) All blacks should vote so they are treated better.
(d) She wants to vote like her father did.

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

15. Who wants to find work so that he can buy milk for his siblings?
(a) Maynard Wiggins.
(b) Little Man.
(c) Dube Cross.
(d) Moe Turner.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the trial, what does Mrs. Jim Lee Barnett say she and her husband found when they came downstairs the night her husband was murdered?

2. Why is Mama no longer a teacher?

3. In what condition do the children find Mr. Farnsworth?

4. Who is the oldest Logan child?

5. What happens to Cassie's photograph of Jeremy Sims?

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