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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. Where is Joe at the end of Chapter One?
2. During his testimony, Reverend Gabson says that TJ was with RW and Melvin Sims on the night of the murder. Where were they?
3. Who is the stranger in the back of the church?
4. Why does Papa refuse Mr. Granger's offer?
5. What does Mama tell Cassie when she is told about the TJ's trial?
Short Essay Questions
1. Analyze the reason Mama doesn't want Stacey to work the whitewashing job.
2. 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.
3. Identify events in Chapter 2 that demonstrate why the blacks have no faith in the justice system.
4. Describe the reason Cassie defies her father about playing marbles.
5. Explain why there is more importance placed on the children working than getting an education.
6. What revelation does Papa have when he describes Uncle Hammer's reaction to finding Jeremy Sim's photograph?
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. How would you describe TJ's lawyer, Mr. Jamison?
10. 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.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the story, Moe Turner expresses his opinion that a good education is the way out of sharecropping. In an essay, explain how the process of sharecropping worked. Where did it go wrong? Who had the power to solve the problem? How could they have solved the problem?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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