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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 happens when Mrs. Lee Annie tells the secretary at the courthouse she wants to register to vote?
(a) The secretary calls Mr. Grander who is at the courthouse and he tells them to give her the test.
(b) Mrs. Lee Annie is welcomed warmly and given a quick test.
(c) The secretary calls her boss, Mr. Boudein, who in turn calls Mr. Granger who is upset, but tells them to give her the test anyway.
(d) Mr. Granger is at the courthouse and tries to forbid Mrs. Lee Annie from taking the test.

2. What happens when Mrs. Lee Annie announces she is going to register to vote in a few days?
(a) Everyone tries to talk her out of it.
(b) Mama insists it is a big mistake.
(c) The men are not happy about the news.
(d) The women support her decision.

3. Why are the three boys picking on Cousin Bud?
(a) He married a white woman.
(b) He is from the north.
(c) He had sex with a white woman.
(d) He is getting a divorce.

4. What news does Mr. Jamison bring on New Year's Day?
(a) The Sheriff of Baton Rouge is looking for the parents of some boys who ran away from a plantation in Buford.
(b) There is a statewide search for some boys who escaped a plantation in Buford.
(c) He is to receive information in the morning about some boys working on a plantation near Baton Rouge.
(d) A Buford Sheriff is looking for some boys from Baton Rouge who ran away.

5. What do the younger brothers tell Stacey and Cassie about their new house guest, Suzella?
(a) She is white.
(b) She is taking Cassie's room.
(c) She is much older.
(d) She is beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cassie attack Mary Lou Wellever?

2. What does Uncle Hammer decide to do?

3. What does Cassie remember Mrs. Lee Annie telling her about Wordell?

4. How does Mama react to Papa's decision not to search for Stacey?

5. What happens when they take Moe home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What information do the Logans get about Stacey?

4. News is expected that may pertain to Stacey on the same day Mrs. Lee Annie is to register to vote. Explain what the Logans do.

5. Why do you think Mrs. Lee Annie continues her pursuit of registering to vote in spite of the fact that her friends oppose the idea?

6. What impact does the arrival of Suzella have on Cassie?

7. What is Suzella's reaction to the news that Stacey has run away?

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

9. Discuss what seems to happen between Cassie and Suzella after Cassie gets in trouble for losing her temper in school.

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

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