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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What happens when Stacey and Little Willie try to get a job at the hospital construction site?
(a) They are both sent away and told not to come back.
(b) Stacey is told he is too weak to do the work.
(c) Stacey is offered a job whitewashing for a week.
(d) They are both offered a job whitewashing for a week.

4. Where is the first Union meeting held?
(a) At the Logans.
(b) In the Logan back yard.
(c) In the Turner barn.
(d) In the courthouse.

5. 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 her no one wants whites and blacks to mix.
(c) He tells Cassie that Uncle Hammer is secretly in love with Jacey.
(d) He explains that Uncle Hammer knows that Stacey likes Jacey Peters.

6. How large is the Logan farm?
(a) 400 acres.
(b) 200 acres.
(c) 500 acres.
(d) 300 acres.

7. What does the county agent, Mr. Farnsworth, ask the Logans to do?
(a) He tells them they need to plant more crops to get more money.
(b) He asks them to stop their neighbor from trying to steal their land.
(c) To let them know that the government checks will be late.
(d) He asks them to get back into the government program.

8. What did Joe say about Uncle Hammer's new car?
(a) The yellow color is too bright.
(b) The Packard was a nicer shade of yellow.
(c) The yellow is a happy color.
(d) He liked the Packard more.

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

10. As Mr. Jamison questions several people about the night of Mr. Barnett's death, the testimonies offered also make the actions of which two other people look suspicious?
(a) Stacy Logan and Melvin Sims.
(b) RW and Melvin Sims.
(c) Jeremy and RW Sims.
(d) Mr. Macabee and Clyde Persons.

11. How do the Logans refer to their grandmother?
(a) Grandmother Logan.
(b) Grandma.
(c) Big Ma.
(d) Big Mo.

12. What does Papa reveal to Cassie about his grandfather?
(a) His grandfather married a white woman and she abandoned him with their children.
(b) His father fell in love with a white woman but couldn't marrry her.
(c) His grandfather was a slave owner and owned his grandmother.
(d) His grandfather hated blacks and wouldn't touch a white woman.

13. How does Mr. Jamison discredit Mrs.Barnett's testimony?
(a) He puts a black stocking on the hand of RW Sims.
(b) He makes her take off her glasses and pick out three men who are the height of her husband's killers.
(c) 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.
(d) He explains TJ's fingerprints were not on the white handled pistol.

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

15. What does Stacey say would happen to a black person who got caught using the courthouse restrooms or fountain?
(a) They would have to clean the toilets.
(b) They would get in a lot of trouble.
(c) The white folks would chase them home.
(d) The Sheriff would arrest them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mr. Farnsworth say beat him up?

2. What explanation does Stacey give for Jeremy Sims making them leave?

3. How did the Logan family come to own their land?

4. What relationship does Mr. Granger have with Mrs. Lee Annie?

5. Who lives in the Logan's shed?

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