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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Russell call Mrs. Ellis, Mama and Cassie out of the courtroom while Mrs. Lee Annie takes her test?
(a) Because Papa wants Mama and Cassie to go with him to Mr. Jamison's office.
(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 Mr. Jamison has gotten a phone call from the Buford Sheriff.

2. Why did Wordell kill the cat?
(a) He hates cats.
(b) The cat had rabies.
(c) The cat killed the bird he was nursing.
(d) He didn't kill the cat - the dog did.

3. From where does Suzella get lessons?
(a) From the Mississippi school system.
(b) From Mama.
(c) From New York.
(d) From her mother.

4. What does Little Man tell the others about Mr. Morrison while sitting on the river bank?
(a) Mr. Morrison loves them all like a second father.
(b) Mr. Morrison was once in jail because of his temper.
(c) Mr. Morrison once broke a man's back.
(d) Mr. Morrison is divorced and that is why he lives in their shed.

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

6. Who takes an instant liking to Suzella?
(a) Dube.
(b) Russell.
(c) Moe.
(d) Stuart.

7. As the Logans plan to drive to Stokeville to get information about Stacey, what happens to Mrs. Lee Annie and the Ellis family?
(a) Mrs. Lee Annie and the Ellis's decide to leave Mr. Granger's land because he is so unfair to them.
(b) Mr. Granger tells them they must vacate his land by the next morning.
(c) Mrs. Lee Annie and the Ellis's have to hide until the election, then they will all vote.
(d) Mrs. Lee Annie and the Ellis's wish the Logans luck finding Stacey.

8. What happens when they take Moe home?
(a) The Logans witness his reunion with his family.
(b) Cassie stays to help take care of Moe.
(c) The Turners are angry with Moe for leaving.
(d) No one is home so they take Moe into the house and leave.

9. When Uncle Hammer returns for Christmas, what does he do?
(a) He helps the children search for the perfect Christmas tree and makes a traditional meal.
(b) He makes hoghead sause and takes the children to chop down a Christmas tree.
(c) He helps them decorate a Christmas tree.
(d) He cooks their traditional Christmas meal.

10. What news does Mr. Jamison bring on New Year's Day?
(a) He is to receive information in the morning about some boys working on a plantation near Baton Rouge.
(b) There is a statewide search for some boys who escaped a plantation in Buford.
(c) The Sheriff of Baton Rouge is looking for the parents of some boys who ran away from a plantation in Buford.
(d) A Buford Sheriff is looking for some boys from Baton Rouge who ran away.

11. Who arrives to stop Stuart, Joe Billy and Pierceson from picking on Cousin Bud?
(a) Mr. Morrison.
(b) Papa.
(c) Uncle Hammer.
(d) Dube.

12. What news does Mr. Jamison bring to the family?
(a) He's talked to a cane recruiter who remembers Stacey.
(b) Information on a cane recruiter.
(c) A cane recruiter said Stacey and Moe quit working the cane fields.
(d) Stacey has been found.

13. Who accuses Dube Cross of helping with the union?
(a) Mr. Wheeler.
(b) Suzella.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Mr. Cross.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the boys tell them about the job at the plantation?

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

3. What happens to Cassie during canning season?

4. What does Papa tell Cassie to do about Stacey's absence?

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

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