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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 happens when Mama refuses to let Stacey take the job he was offered in Chapter 7?
2. Who is the oldest Logan child?
3. What does Mama tell Cassie when she is told about the TJ's trial?
4. What is the consequence of Papa's decision to quit the government program?
5. What does the county agent, Mr. Farnsworth, ask the Logans to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. Identify events in Chapter 2 that demonstrate why the blacks have no faith in the justice system.
2. Identify the reasons Stacey Logan offers to allow Dube Cross to milk their cow to get milk for his siblings rather than just giving him some of their extra milk.
3. How would you analyze Jeremy Sims' actions in the story?
4. Describe what happens when Cassie takes her younger brothers into the courthouse.
5. 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.
6. After Papa drops out of the government program, why does he refuse Mr. Granger's offer to pay the added taxes he will now owe?
7. Describe TJ Avery's predicament in the story.
8. 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.
9. How would you interpret Cousin Bud's reason for wanting his daughter to spend time with the Logan family?
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 describing the boycott mentioned in the story and what happened to Mama and Papa Logan because of it.
Essay Topic 2
Uncle Hammer's job is a bit of a mystery, yet a few things are revealed in the story about him. Based on the information provided in the story, have the students write an essay about Uncle Hammer and how he has helped the Logan family. Has he only helped them physically? Has he helped them monetarily? What kind of things has he given up for his family?
Essay Topic 3
In the novel, Mrs. Lee Annie was determined to vote. Using the information found in the novel and the handout copy of the Mississippi Constitution which permitted black people to vote, have the students write an essay describing the conditions placed in the constitution that made voting difficult for blacks. How did she overcome these difficulties?
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