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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 is with Doris Ann when they find her hanging from the church bell rope?
(a) Joe.
(b) Wordell.
(c) Mr. Ellis.
(d) Ella Lou Hicks.

2. What does Papa reveal to Cassie about his grandfather?
(a) His grandfather hated blacks and wouldn't touch a white woman.
(b) His father fell in love with a white woman but couldn't marrry her.
(c) His grandfather married a white woman and she abandoned him with their children.
(d) His grandfather was a slave owner and owned his grandmother.

3. What happens when Stacey says he wants to go to TJ's trial?
(a) They say he will be put on trial with TJ.
(b) His parents say he cannot go.
(c) Mr. Morrison laughs at him.
(d) They hold a family meeting.

4. Why does Stacey say white men use black women?
(a) Because white men do not respect black women.
(b) Because he is jealous of white men.
(c) Because white men are all trouble-makers.
(d) Because you can't trust a white man.

5. Why don't they think TJ will have a fair trial?
(a) No jury will believe a black man over a white man.
(b) They have a difficult judge for the trial.
(c) They have no faith in the justice system.
(d) All of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in jail, accused of killing Mr. Barnett?

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

3. What does Mama tell Cassie when she is told about the TJ's trial?

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

5. Who joins Papa on the visit to the Page Ellis family and Mrs. Lee Annie Lees?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

10. Analyze the reaction of finding Doris Ann hanging from a rope, in spite of the obvious fact that Wordell was the reason she did not die.

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