View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cassie ask Suzella that gets them off on the wrong foot?
(a) What is it like to be white and have a "colored" father?
(b) What is it like to be "colored" and have a white mother?
(c) What is it like to live up north?
(d) What is it like to be bi-racial?

2. What does Cassie remember Mrs. Lee Annie telling her about Wordell?
(a) Wordell could be dangerous.
(b) Wordell has a big heart.
(c) Wordell is in love with Cassie.
(d) Wordell protects the things he loves.

3. Stacey tell Moe he secretly likes which of the following?
(a) A girl from Strawberry.
(b) A white girl.
(c) Suzella.
(d) Jacey Peters.

4. Who is hit when someone throws a bottle?
(a) Mr. Granger and Jake Willis.
(b) Russell and Wordell.
(c) Russell and Jake Willis.
(d) Jake Willis and Mrs. Lee Annie.

5. The Sheriff explains the boys were very sick when they were captured. Who took care of them?
(a) An old black woman named Aunt Mattie Jones.
(b) The Sheriff.
(c) The Sheriff's deputies.
(d) A white nurse from town.

6. What does Big Ma tell Cassie when she complains about Suzella?
(a) That Suzella is supposed to be like a sister to her.
(b) That she better get used to having Suzella around because she's going to stay forever.
(c) That she should be more like Suzella.
(d) That she dislikes Suzella because she is white and she is jealous.

7. Why do they cancel the union meetings?
(a) There is too much farm work to do.
(b) John Moses is found dead.
(c) Dube and Russell suggest it would be safer for everyone.
(d) Mr. Wheeler is murdered.

8. Who joins Papa when he returns from the railroad to search for Stacey?
(a) Cassie.
(b) Mama.
(c) The entire Logan family.
(d) Uncle Hammer.

9. Who does Cassie find sick in the forest?
(a) Little Man.
(b) Christopher-John.
(c) Wordell.
(d) Son Boy.

10. What does Papa tell Cassie to do about Stacey's absence?
(a) Have faith that Stacey will return.
(b) Tell all her friends to keep looking for Stacey.
(c) She will eventually forget her brother.
(d) Stop worrying; Stacey is old enough to make his own decisions.

11. Why are the three boys picking on Cousin Bud?
(a) He married a white woman.
(b) He is getting a divorce.
(c) He is from the north.
(d) He had sex with a white woman.

12. What happens when Mrs. Lee Annie tells the secretary at the courthouse she wants to register to vote?
(a) Mr. Granger is at the courthouse and tries to forbid Mrs. Lee Annie from taking the test.
(b) The secretary calls Mr. Grander who is at the courthouse and he tells them to give her the test.
(c) The secretary calls her boss, Mr. Boudein, who in turn calls Mr. Granger who is upset, but tells them to give her the test anyway.
(d) Mrs. Lee Annie is welcomed warmly and given a quick test.

13. What does Cassie overhear when Papa leaves his bedroom?
(a) Papa saying he is going for a long walk.
(b) Papa talking to the Sheriff about Stacey and Moe.
(c) Papa talking to Uncle Hammer about Stacey.
(d) Her mother yelling at him to search for her son.

14. What do the Logans learn from the phone call in Mr. Jamison's office?
(a) Five boys attempted to run away from a plantation. One was shot. Two are still on the loose. Two are in jail.
(b) Five boys were caught after stealing money and running away from a plantation. One of the boys is dead, two are in jail in Stokesville.
(c) Four boys were caught in Buford after stealing money from the plantation where they worked. Another boy is dead.
(d) Two boys were shot after helping four other boys escape from a plantation.

15. What do the three boys do to Cousin Bud?
(a) They strip him.
(b) They humiliate and threaten him.
(c) They make fun of him.
(d) They beat him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Cassie feel about Suzella leaving?

2. Why doesn't Papa and Uncle Hammer continue searching for Stacey?

3. Why couldn't Stacey and Moe get away?

4. How does Mama react to Papa's decision not to search for Stacey?

5. When Papa cries, what does he say he is afraid of?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 802 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample