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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 to sell the farm.
(d) He is going back to work for the railroad.

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

3. How does Uncle Hammer feel about Bud's announcement?
(a) He calls Cousin Bud a traitor to blacks.
(b) He threatens Cousin Bud.
(c) He laughs at Cousin Bud.
(d) He is angry and calls Cousin Bud a fool.

4. How does the Sheriff refer to the union that is forming?
(a) An illegal activity.
(b) A negro conspiracy.
(c) A big mistake.
(d) A socialist conspiracy.

5. Why does Moe Turner walk three hours every weekday?
(a) He wants to stay in shape.
(b) To earn extra money taking supplies to the farmers.
(c) To get an education and have a better life than his father.
(d) To get to and from his work so he can help his family.

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

7. Why don't they think TJ will have a fair trial?
(a) They have a difficult judge for the trial.
(b) All of the above.
(c) No jury will believe a black man over a white man.
(d) They have no faith in the justice system.

8. What does Mr. Morrison do for the Logans?
(a) He is a farm hand.
(b) He is their guest.
(c) He is their driver.
(d) He babysits the children when the parents go out.

9. In what condition do the children find Mr. Farnsworth?
(a) Drunk and lying in a ditch by his car.
(b) Very sick and in need of help.
(c) Badly beaten on their property.
(d) Badly beaten and lying in a ditch by his car.

10. Who is the stranger in the back of the church?
(a) Big Ma's friend Jake Willis.
(b) Papa's cousin Bud.
(c) Mama's nephew Bud.
(d) Mama's cousin Bud.

11. Although TJ doesn't say anything as he is led from the courthouse, what does he do?
(a) He spits on the white guards.
(b) He cries.
(c) He smiles.
(d) He struggles with his guards.

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

13. Who offers milk to the young man?
(a) PaPa Logan.
(b) Stacey Logan.
(c) Mrs. Lee Annie Lees.
(d) Cassie Logan.

14. What wasn't Mrs. Barnett wearing the night her husband was killed?
(a) Her wig.
(b) Her glasses.
(c) Her bathrobe and slippers.
(d) Her hearing aid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jeremy give Stacey and Cassie?

2. What is the subject of the pastor's lecture to the congregation on that Sunday?

3. What do most of the people think of Uncle Hammer's new car when they see it at church on Sunday?

4. Where is Joe at the end of Chapter One?

5. Why does Papa refuse Mr. Granger's offer?

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