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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Mama refuses to let Stacey take the job he was offered in Chapter 7?
(a) Mama washes his mouth out with soap.
(b) Stacey speaks disrespectfully to her and then runs off.
(c) Stacey says he will take it anyway.
(d) Mama gives in to him.

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

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

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

5. On the day of the trial, who does Stacey meet at the crossroad?
(a) Joe and Moe.
(b) Cassie and the boys.
(c) Wardell and Clarence.
(d) Moe and Clarence.

6. Who sneaks a ride to the trial with Joe and Wordell?
(a) Stacey, Moe and Clarence.
(b) The entire Logan family.
(c) Cassie, Christopher-John and Little Man.
(d) Mama and Papa Logan.

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

8. Who does Mr. Farnsworth say beat him up?
(a) Strangers.
(b) Black men.
(c) White men.
(d) Papa and Uncle Hammer.

9. Who owns the beat up Ford truck that was parked outside the Barnett's store the night of the murder?
(a) RW Sims.
(b) Melvin Sims.
(c) Mr. Macabee.
(d) TJ Avery.

10. 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?
(a) Their store was ransacked.
(b) Men with flashlights
(c) Three black men were opening their safe.
(d) Three men with black masks

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

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

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

14. What does Mama tell Cassie when she is told about the TJ's trial?
(a) They should organize another boycott.
(b) If you do the crime you should do the time.
(c) He will likely be hanged.
(d) TJ has a great lawyer and will likely get off.

15. What day does Papa Logan take his children to visit the Page Ellis family and Mrs. Lee Annie Lees?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) There is no way to know.
(d) Sunday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cousin Bud tells Mama that his wife wants their daughter to. . .

2. Who is the stranger in the back of the church?

3. Who do Mama and Big Ma think will give Mrs. Lee Annie trouble if she goes through with her plans?

4. What does Mr. Morrison do for the Logans?

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

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