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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lives in the Logan's shed?

2. Cousin Bud tells Mama that his wife wants their daughter to. . .

3. What sustains life in this small southern town?

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

5. What do Mama and Cousin Bud agree on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. Explain why you think the Logan children run and hide after they get Mr. Farnsworth's help.

7. Paraphrase the story Cassie tells about how her family came to own their land.

8. What do you feel is happening to members of the Logan family because of the upcoming trial of TJ Avery?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 7, Cassie and her father have a long heart-to-heart talk about the differences between the black people and the white people. He comments that he is praying that things will change in Cassie's lifetime. Write an essay describing what the two discussed. If Cassie were alive today, would many of the things they discussed have changed?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the relationship Mr. Jamison has with the Logan family. Why was he different than most of the other white people?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the boycott mentioned in the story and what happened to Mama and Papa Logan because of it.

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