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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. Why are the Logans upset about Joe Billy and Stuart talking to Jacey Peters?
(a) The boys are sharecropper's sons and she is the daughter of a landowner.
(b) They are afraid the boys will beat Jacey.
(c) She is white and they are black.
(d) They are white and she is black.

2. Why is Jeremy Sims nervous around the Logan children?
(a) He is afraid his parents or other white folks will see him with the black childen.
(b) He's afraid of what they think of him since his brothers were responsible for TJ Avery's death.
(c) He is afraid the black children will call him a murderer.
(d) He is afraid they will beat him because he is the brother of RW and Melvin Sims.

3. What is sharecropping?
(a) Landowners rent out a piece of their land to farmers.
(b) The share of the crop the bank gets to repay loans they made to the farmers.
(c) The government pays farmers not to grow crops.
(d) Farmers share the crop they have grown that year.

4. Who is the stranger in the back of the church?
(a) Big Ma's friend Jake Willis.
(b) Mama's cousin Bud.
(c) Papa's cousin Bud.
(d) Mama's nephew Bud.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moe do when Joe Billy offers him a ride home from school?

2. Although TJ doesn't say anything as he is led from the courthouse, what does he do?

3. What happens when Cassie takes a drink from the courthouse fountain while her brothers use the restrooms?

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

5. Where does the Logan family and Mr. Morrison meet each night after dinner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Can you interpret Moe's reason for refusing a ride from his landowner's son despite the fact he must walk an hour and a half to and from school each day?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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