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

2. On the day of the trial, who does Stacey meet at the crossroad?
(a) Joe and Moe.
(b) Moe and Clarence.
(c) Cassie and the boys.
(d) Wardell and Clarence.

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

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 the pool hall.
(b) In a car.
(c) At church.
(d) At a revival.

5. What is the argument concerning Russell's return to Indiana?
(a) He should not return because black soldiers do not get treated as well as white soldiers.
(b) He should take the train and not walk because the train is safer for black soldiers.
(c) He should take friends along to protect him so he doesn't get beaten by white bigots.
(d) He should not wear his uniform because he might be beaten by white bigots along the route he would travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Mama refuses to let Stacey take the job he was offered in Chapter 7?

2. Why were Papa Logan and Mr. Morrison looking for Dynamite?

3. What wasn't Mrs. Barnett wearing the night her husband was killed?

4. Where is Joe at the end of Chapter One?

5. What does Stacey expect will happen if his Papa finds out he is going to the trial?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe TJ's lawyer, Mr. Jamison?

2. Describe the reason Cassie defies her father about playing marbles.

3. How would you interpret Cousin Bud's reason for wanting his daughter to spend time with the Logan family?

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

5. Explain why there is more importance placed on the children working than getting an education.

6. 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?

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

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

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

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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