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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 does Russell call Mrs. Ellis, Mama and Cassie out of the courtroom while Mrs. Lee Annie takes her test?
(a) Because Mr. Jamison has gotten a phone call from the Buford Sheriff.
(b) Because he feels it is not safe for the women to be in there.
(c) Because Papa wants Mama and Cassie to go with him to Mr. Jamison's office.
(d) Because Russell thinks Mrs. Lee Annie will be safer with just Mrs. Ellis with her.

2. What does Little Man tell the others about Mr. Morrison while sitting on the river bank?
(a) Mr. Morrison loves them all like a second father.
(b) Mr. Morrison was once in jail because of his temper.
(c) Mr. Morrison is divorced and that is why he lives in their shed.
(d) Mr. Morrison once broke a man's back.

3. Who joins Papa when he returns from the railroad to search for Stacey?
(a) The entire Logan family.
(b) Cassie.
(c) Uncle Hammer.
(d) Mama.

4. What does Cassie ask Suzella that gets them off on the wrong foot?
(a) What is it like to be "colored" and have a white mother?
(b) What is it like to be bi-racial?
(c) What is it like to live up north?
(d) What is it like to be white and have a "colored" father?

5. What do the Logans learn from the phone call in Mr. Jamison's office?
(a) Four boys were caught in Buford after stealing money from the plantation where they worked. Another boy is dead.
(b) Five boys were caught after stealing money and running away from a plantation. One of the boys is dead, two are in jail in Stokesville.
(c) Five boys attempted to run away from a plantation. One was shot. Two are still on the loose. Two are in jail.
(d) Two boys were shot after helping four other boys escape from a plantation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the three boys do to Cousin Bud?

2. Why is Mr. Wheeler organizing a meeting?

3. What happens after Miss Crocker breaks up the fight and takes Cassie to a classroom?

4. What does Stacey say about being home?

5. What does Cassie see Russell and Suzella do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Up to this point in the story, what changes has Cassie observed around her, and why is she so determined to keep things the same?

2. How does the ending of the story relate the title, "Will the Circle be Unbroken?"?

3. Explain why Wordell's comments about Cassie's unkind treatment of Suzella matter so much to Cassie.

4. What information does Mr. Jamison have that causes Papa to again begin his search for Stacey?

5. List several of the reasons Stacey wants to get a job, even if doing so is against the wishes of his family.

6. How does Papa describe their family without Stacey to Cassie?

7. Explain what happens when the Logans arrive in Stokesville.

8. What are the demands of the farmers who arrived in front of the courthouse?

9. What happens when Mrs. Lee Annie goes to the courthouse to register to vote?

10. Explain why the Turners have to tear out part of their crop. Discuss why this is seen as unjust.

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