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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. Who set the fire on the night TJ Avery was nearly lynched?
(a) Cassie Logan.
(b) Papa Logan.
(c) Stacey Logan.
(d) TJ Avery.

2. What happens when Mama refuses to let Stacey take the job he was offered in Chapter 7?
(a) Stacey speaks disrespectfully to her and then runs off.
(b) Mama gives in to him.
(c) Stacey says he will take it anyway.
(d) Mama washes his mouth out with soap.

3. What did Joe say about Uncle Hammer's new car?
(a) The yellow color is too bright.
(b) The yellow is a happy color.
(c) The Packard was a nicer shade of yellow.
(d) He liked the Packard more.

4. During his testimony, Reverend Gabson says that TJ was with RW and Melvin Sims on the night of the murder. Where were they?
(a) At a revival.
(b) At the pool hall.
(c) In a car.
(d) At church.

5. What is the first lesson Mama teaches Mrs. Lee Annie about the constitution?
(a) That blacks are not valued.
(b) That all people are equal.
(c) That freedom is for everyone.
(d) It is written for white people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the Logan children and their friends are walking to school, why must they listen for the white school bus?

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

4. Why are the Logans upset about Joe Billy and Stuart talking to Jacey Peters?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it more dangerous for Russell to wear a military uniform when he travels back to Indiana than to wear his civilian clothes?

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. Based on what you have learned up to Chapter 6, what problems would you say Cousin Bud faces because he married a white woman?

7. What is the symbolism of Uncle Hammer's vehicle?

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

9. Describe the different approaches of the prosecuting attorney and defense attorney as they question Mrs. Barnett at TJ Avery's trial.

10. 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.

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