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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. What wasn't Mrs. Barnett wearing the night her husband was killed?
(a) Her wig.
(b) Her hearing aid.
(c) Her glasses.
(d) Her bathrobe and slippers.

2. What does Cassie think when Papa tells her boys will want to start courting her soon?
(a) She has a crush on Jeremy Sims.
(b) She can't wait until she begins dating.
(c) She wants things to stay the same and be just friends with the boys.
(d) She has secretly been dating already.

3. What does Mr. Morrison do for the Logans?
(a) He babysits the children when the parents go out.
(b) He is their driver.
(c) He is a farm hand.
(d) He is their guest.

4. How do the Logans refer to their grandmother?
(a) Grandma.
(b) Big Ma.
(c) Grandmother Logan.
(d) Big Mo.

5. Which marble catches Cassie's eye?
(a) The shiny yellow marble.
(b) The big orange shooter.
(c) The blue green marble.
(d) The cat's eye.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Mama and Big Ma think will give Mrs. Lee Annie trouble if she goes through with her plans?

2. Who owns the beat up Ford truck that was parked outside the Barnett's store the night of the murder?

3. What relationship does Mr. Granger have with Mrs. Lee Annie?

4. How was Mr. Barnett killed?

5. What is sharecropping?

Short Essay Questions

1. Analyze the reason Mama doesn't want Stacey to work the whitewashing job.

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

3. What revelation does Papa have when he describes Uncle Hammer's reaction to finding Jeremy Sim's photograph?

4. Explain why you think the Logan children run and hide after they get Mr. Farnsworth's help.

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

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

7. What reasons does Stacey give at the end of Chapter 2 for what happened to Cassie and her brothers at the courthouse?

8. Paraphrase the story Cassie tells about how her family came to own their land.

9. What is the most important evidence against TJ Avery at his murder trial? Why?

10. How would you analyze Jeremy Sims' actions in the story?

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