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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cassie accuse Suzella of disliking "colored" people?
(a) Because Suzella told her she hates her.
(b) Because Suzella's skin is lighter.
(c) Because Suzella has told everyone she is white.
(d) Because Suzella tried to pass herself off as white to Stuart.

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

3. What happens to Cassie during canning season?
(a) She can't help because she misses Stacey so much.
(b) She gets sick with scarlet fever.
(c) She learns how to do the canning.
(d) She burns herself.

4. What does Cassie want to do when she hears Mrs. Lee Annie wants to register to vote?
(a) She also wants to register to vote.
(b) She wants to talk to Wordell about it.
(c) She wants to talk her out of it.
(d) She wants to go along and watch.

5. Why wouldn't the plantation owner pay the boys when they asked to leave?
(a) He said they had to stay to the end of the season or go to jail.
(b) He said they had a contract and hadn't lived up to their end of it.
(c) He said they still owed money for the things they bought on credit.
(d) He told the boys he would pay them if they came back after the season was over.

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

7. After Cassie vents her anger about Suzella to Wordell, what does he say?
(a) Wordell says nothing and continues playing his harmonica.
(b) Wordell says she is wrong to talk about her cousin that way.
(c) Wordell says it is okay to feel that way, but she shouldn't talk about it.
(d) Wordell tells her she is jealous because she is no longer the only girl in the family.

8. Why do the farmers form a crowd in front of the courthouse?
(a) They are there to protest the government policies.
(b) They are there because they want equal rights.
(c) They are there to take over the courthouse.
(d) They are there to cheer for Mrs. Lee Annie after she registers to vote.

9. 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.

10. How does Papa describe their family without Stacey?
(a) He and Mama will divorce and the family will be split apart.
(b) The family will divide without Stacey.
(c) The family is a body, and without Stacey they are no longer complete.
(d) The family will heal and eventually go on without Stacey.

11. 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 take the children conduct her own search.
(c) She insists if he won't go, she will.
(d) She threatens to leave Papa.

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

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

14. What happens when Mrs. Lee Annie announces she is going to register to vote in a few days?
(a) Mama insists it is a big mistake.
(b) The women support her decision.
(c) The men are not happy about the news.
(d) Everyone tries to talk her out of it.

15. Why doesn't Papa and Uncle Hammer continue searching for Stacey?
(a) They have no leads.
(b) They are waiting to hear from the rest of the searchers.
(c) They need to rest.
(d) He tells Mama to search for a while.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Stokesville Sheriff say about the two boys he is holding?

2. Who accompanies Mrs. Lee Annie into the courthouse?

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

4. Who arrives to stop Stuart, Joe Billy and Pierceson from picking on Cousin Bud?

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

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