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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 is the first lesson Mama teaches Mrs. Lee Annie about the constitution?

2. When Uncle Bud offers to leave, who insists that he stay?

3. Where is Mama teaching?

4. What do most of the people think of Uncle Hammer's new car when they see it at church on Sunday?

5. What does Mr. Granger offer to do for Papa?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. List the evidence that should have created a reasonable doubt about TJ's guilt in the minds of the jury.

3. Analyze the reason Mama doesn't want Stacey to work the whitewashing job.

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

5. 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?

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

7. Explain why Mama begs Papa not to return to the railroad.

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

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

10. 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.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that details the irony of the Bible verse Cassie quoted in Chapter 1 of the novel and her determination to win Son-Boy's prized blue/green marble. The verse reads as follows: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, or anything that is thy neighbor's."

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, describe what Suzella's life might have been like before she came to stay with the Logans and then discuss the ways in which her life changed when she came to live with the Logans. What changes took place within her during that time?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about Cassie's enlightenment after learning about Jacey Peters' pregnancy and how this helped to positively change her relationship with Suzella.

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