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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Mr. Wheeler and John Moses trying to do?
(a) Form a union of sharecroppers.
(b) Form a cooperative with all the sharecroppers so they will own the majority of the land.
(c) Arrange a strike against the landowners.
(d) Form a union of land owners

3. What does Cassie think when Papa tells her boys will want to start courting her soon?
(a) She wants things to stay the same and be just friends with the boys.
(b) She can't wait until she begins dating.
(c) She has secretly been dating already.
(d) She has a crush on Jeremy Sims.

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

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

6. What do Mama and Cousin Bud agree on?
(a) Suzella should hang around Cassie more.
(b) Suzella should pass herself off as white.
(c) Suzella should stay with her mother.
(d) Suzella should live with them for a while.

7. How does Mr. Jamison discredit Mrs.Barnett's testimony?
(a) He puts a black stocking on the hand of RW Sims.
(b) He explains TJ's fingerprints were not on the white handled pistol.
(c) He makes her take off her glasses and pick out three men who are the height of her husband's killers.
(d) He shows that TJ is shorter than she says the men were and uses a black stocking to show how it can make a white man appear to be black.

8. What does Stacey expect will happen if his Papa finds out he is going to the trial?
(a) He'll likely get a whipping.
(b) His father will give him a lecture.
(c) His father will ground him for two weeks.
(d) His father won't be happy, but he won't do anything.

9. From where do they all watch the trial?
(a) From the back row of the courtroom.
(b) From the back of the wagon.
(c) From outside the courthouse.
(d) From the courthouse hallway.

10. After receiving a copy of the Mississippi constitution, what does Mrs. Lee Annie decide she wants to do?
(a) Visit the state capitol.
(b) Memorize the constitution.
(c) Learn to read.
(d) Vote.

11. What is the consequence of Papa's decision to quit the government program?
(a) Nothing will happen.
(b) He will pay higher taxes.
(c) He will be able to stop paying high taxes.
(d) He will set a bad example to other farmers.

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

13. Who lives in the Logan's shed?
(a) Mr. Jamison.
(b) Big Ma.
(c) Wordell.
(d) Mr. Morrison.

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

15. Who set the fire on the night TJ Avery was nearly lynched?
(a) Cassie Logan.
(b) TJ Avery.
(c) Papa Logan.
(d) Stacey Logan.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Logans refer to their grandmother?

2. Where is the first Union meeting held?

3. What happens to TJ Avery's appeal for a new trial?

4. How does Stacey explain Uncle Hammer's anger about the Jacey Peters incident to Cassie?

5. What happens when Stacey says he wants to go to TJ's trial?

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