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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the day of the trial, who does Stacey meet at the crossroad?
(a) Cassie and the boys.
(b) Joe and Moe.
(c) Moe and Clarence.
(d) Wardell and Clarence.

2. Why is Mama no longer a teacher?
(a) She did not like working with children.
(b) She prefered chopping wood.
(c) They no longer needed the money.
(d) She was fired for organizing a boycott.

3. What relationship does Mr. Granger have with Mrs. Lee Annie?
(a) He owns the land where she lives.
(b) He is the Mayor and he's afaid she'll run against him.
(c) He is secretly courting her.
(d) He is her neighbor.

4. Who does Mr. Farnsworth say beat him up?
(a) Strangers.
(b) White men.
(c) Black men.
(d) Papa and Uncle Hammer.

5. What does the county agent, Mr. Farnsworth, ask the Logans to do?
(a) He asks them to stop their neighbor from trying to steal their land.
(b) To let them know that the government checks will be late.
(c) He asks them to get back into the government program.
(d) He tells them they need to plant more crops to get more money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Mr. Barnett?

2. How did the Logan family come to own their land?

3. How does Mr. Jamison discredit Mrs.Barnett's testimony?

4. What does Stacey expect will happen if his Papa finds out he is going to the trial?

5. What does Stacey say would happen to a black person who got caught using the courthouse restrooms or fountain?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why there is more importance placed on the children working than getting an education.

2. List the evidence that should have created a reasonable doubt about TJ's guilt in the minds of the jury.

3. When Papa Logan is asked to join the union he says he wants to think about it. Describe some of the pros and cons he must need to consider.

4. What is the reason the sharecroppers and day workers want a union, especially an integrated union?

5. Summarize why a sharecropper can never earn enough money to buy his land.

6. Identify the reasons Stacey Logan offers to allow Dube Cross to milk their cow to get milk for his siblings rather than just giving him some of their extra milk.

7. List reasons why Mama and Big Ma try to talk Mrs. Lee Annie out of voting.

8. How would you interpret the Logan children's decision to sneak to the trial of their friend?

9. Describe TJ Avery's predicament in the story.

10. How would you describe TJ's lawyer, Mr. Jamison?

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