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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. From where do they all watch the trial?
(a) From the back of the wagon.
(b) From the courthouse hallway.
(c) From the back row of the courtroom.
(d) From outside the courthouse.

2. What decision does Papa Logan make that upsets his wife?
(a) He is going to join the union.
(b) He is going back to work for the railroad.
(c) He is going to sell some acreage to Mr. Granger.
(d) He is going to sell the farm.

3. Who is in jail, accused of killing Mr. Barnett?
(a) Mrs. Barnett.
(b) TJ Avery.
(c) RW & Melvin Simms.
(d) Willie & Maynard Wiggins.

4. What does Cassie inwardly confess about Mrs. Lee Annie?
(a) They love her apple pie.
(b) They hate being forced to hug and kiss her.
(c) They would rather hide from her.
(d) They all love her.

5. What happens the second time Cassie's Papa finds out she is playing marbles?
(a) She must recite the Tenth Commandment.
(b) He makes her give back the marbles she won.
(c) He makes her memorize the Ten Commandments.
(d) She is grounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the day of the trial, who does Stacey meet at the crossroad?

2. What does Jeremy give Stacey and Cassie?

3. How does Uncle Hammer feel about Bud's announcement?

4. Who is with Doris Ann when they find her hanging from the church bell rope?

5. Mrs. Barnett says the three men were all the same:

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain why Papa feels playing marbles leads to gambling.

4. Explain why Mama begs Papa not to return to the railroad.

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

6. Explain whether you feel Mrs. Barnett is, or is not, a credible witness.

7. Describe what happens when Cassie takes her younger brothers into the courthouse.

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

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

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

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