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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the boys have breakfast before heading home?
(a) The Sheriff's home.
(b) The Sheriff's office.
(c) With Aunt Mattie Jones.
(d) A local restaurant.

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

3. What does Cassie do when she sees her brother Stacey is changing?
(a) She follows him around.
(b) She gets angry because he ignores her.
(c) She tells her mother he is being mean.
(d) She listens to his phone conversations.

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

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

6. 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) The Sheriff of Baton Rouge is looking for the parents of some boys who ran away from a plantation in Buford.
(c) There is a statewide search for some boys who escaped a plantation in Buford.
(d) A Buford Sheriff is looking for some boys from Baton Rouge who ran away.

7. At church, it is discovered that Jacey Peters is pregnant. Who is rumored to be the father?
(a) Stacey.
(b) Stuart.
(c) Joe Billy.
(d) Moe.

8. What happens when Suzella enrolls in the Mississippi school system?
(a) She is disliked because she is a city girl.
(b) She is in Cassie's class.
(c) She is tested.
(d) She is immediately skipped to grade 11 - 12.

9. What happens when Cassie sees Wordell running toward the crowd?
(a) She goes into Mr. Jamison's office to get her father to help stop Wordell.
(b) She goes after him because she is afraid he will start throwing bottles, too.
(c) She runs into Mr. Jamison's office to hide.
(d) She goes after him, hoping to stop him from hurting anyone as he tries to protect Mrs. Lee Annie and Russell.

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

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 Cousin Bud tell them when he arrives?
(a) That he is taking Suzella back to New York because he and her mother are going to try to save their marriage.
(b) He is going to divorce Suzella's mother and he wants his daughter to stay with the Logans.
(c) He is taking Suzella to New York so they can go to Time Square on New Year's Eve.
(d) That he and Suzella's mother are getting a divorce and Suzella is going back to New York to live with her mother.

13. What does Stacey say about being home?
(a) "Home is where the heart is."
(b) "Home is where family is."
(c) "There is no place like home."
(d) "It's the very best place to be."

14. Why do the other farmers have to do what the Turners did to their crop?
(a) They were supposed to plant corn instead of cotton.
(b) Because they are at the whim of white government officials.
(c) They already spent their government check and can't give it back.
(d) There was a miscalculation and they won't receive their government money if they don't tear out the required crop.

15. What does Papa do when he hears the news?
(a) He waits to hear more.
(b) He begins a new search.
(c) He goes to find out more.
(d) He tells the Sheriff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mama tell Cassie when she wakes her up the day they are going to Strawberry?

2. Before church, who does Cassie notice watching her cousin Suzella?

3. From where does Suzella get lessons?

4. Who joins Papa when he returns from the railroad to search for Stacey?

5. What does Wordell do while Cassie is sick?

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