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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. What did Joe say about Uncle Hammer's new car?

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

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

4. At the trial, what does Mrs. Jim Lee Barnett say she and her husband found when they came downstairs the night her husband was murdered?

5. Who sneaks a ride to the trial with Joe and Wordell?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. When Papa Logan is asked to join the union he says he wants to think about it. Describe some of the pros and cons he must need to consider.

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

8. Explain why Papa feels playing marbles leads to gambling.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about how the sharecroppers, day workers and poor farmers survived in the novel. In what ways did each family member contribute? What contributions were made by the youngest and oldest members of each family?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay that will answer the following questions: What were the assumptions made by the plantation owners about the blacks in the community? Were these assumptions accurate?

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