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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cassie feel about Suzella leaving?
(a) She secretly wants to go along so that she can see New York.
(b) She secretly cheers the fact that her rival will leave.
(c) She is happy to get her room back.
(d) She is saddened.

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

3. On Christmas morning, what song does the Logan family sing?
(a) Will the Circle be Broken?
(b) White Christmas.
(c) Will the Circle be Unbroken?
(d) Silent Night.

4. How does Mama react to Papa's decision not to search for Stacey?
(a) She is angry and won't talk to him.
(b) She threatens to leave Papa.
(c) She threatens to take the children conduct her own search.
(d) She insists if he won't go, she will.

5. What does Uncle Hammer decide to do?
(a) Search alone.
(b) Leave his car with Papa.
(c) Stay with the family while Papa searches.
(d) Return home.

6. When Papa cries, what does he say he is afraid of?
(a) They will lose the farm without Stacey's help.
(b) Stacey may have turned to crime.
(c) Something bad has happened to Stacey.
(d) Stacey will never come home.

7. Why does Russell call Mrs. Ellis, Mama and Cassie out of the courtroom while Mrs. Lee Annie takes her test?
(a) Because Mr. Jamison has gotten a phone call from the Buford Sheriff.
(b) Because Russell thinks Mrs. Lee Annie will be safer with just Mrs. Ellis with her.
(c) Because he feels it is not safe for the women to be in there.
(d) Because Papa wants Mama and Cassie to go with him to Mr. Jamison's office.

8. What happens when Mrs. Lee Annie tells the secretary at the courthouse she wants to register to vote?
(a) The secretary calls Mr. Grander who is at the courthouse and he tells them to give her the test.
(b) Mr. Granger is at the courthouse and tries to forbid Mrs. Lee Annie from taking 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.

9. What happens when Jake Willis offers a gift to Suzella?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) Papa refuses the gift.
(c) Papa says Suzella is too young to be courted.
(d) Papa says Jake is too old for such a young girl.

10. What does the Sheriff say about the way the landowners treat the cane workers?
(a) He agrees that the cane workers are lazy.
(b) He disagrees with the way they treat the workers.
(c) He thinks the landowners need to let the workers have more breaks.
(d) He believes the cane workers need to form a union.

11. The Logans begin their search at the Turner farm. What do they learn when they get there?
(a) Stacey has been hiding in the Turner's barn.
(b) Stacey and Moe went to the construction site of the new hospital for work.
(c) Moe Turner is also missing.
(d) Moe Turner tells them he hasn't seen Stacey.

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

13. What happens after Miss Crocker breaks up the fight and takes Cassie to a classroom?
(a) Cassie runs into the woods.
(b) Miss Crocker gives Cassie detention.
(c) Cassie fights with Suzella.
(d) Suzella takes Cassie for a walk in the woods.

14. How long did they work before Stacey decided to go home?
(a) 120 days.
(b) Six months.
(c) Fifteen weeks.
(d) Ten weeks.

15. What do the younger brothers tell Stacey and Cassie about their new house guest, Suzella?
(a) She is much older.
(b) She is taking Cassie's room.
(c) She is beautiful.
(d) She is white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papa do when he hears the news?

2. Why do they cancel the union meetings?

3. Who takes an instant liking to Suzella?

4. As the Logans plan to drive to Stokeville to get information about Stacey, what happens to Mrs. Lee Annie and the Ellis family?

5. What does Cassie overhear when Papa leaves his bedroom?

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