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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 does the Sheriff say about the way the landowners treat the cane workers?
2. What does Uncle Hammer decide to do?
3. Who joins Papa when he returns from the railroad to search for Stacey?
4. Why does Russell call Mrs. Ellis, Mama and Cassie out of the courtroom while Mrs. Lee Annie takes her test?
5. Why do the other farmers have to do what the Turners did to their crop?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Papa describe their family without Stacey to Cassie?
2. Explain why the farmer continued to show disrespect for black people even as he discussed reorganizing the union to include both white and black farmers.
3. Explain why Wordell's comments about Cassie's unkind treatment of Suzella matter so much to Cassie.
4. Describe what Stacey says about his experience after leaving home to work in the cane fields.
5. Describe the events at the union meeting held at the Wheeler's.
6. What happens when Mrs. Lee Annie goes to the courthouse to register to vote?
7. Why do the three young men humiliate Cousin Bud? Are their actions considered hypocritical?
8. Up to this point in the story, what changes has Cassie observed around her, and why is she so determined to keep things the same?
9. What does Cassie remember being told about Wordell when she finds him standing over the dead cat?
10. News is expected that may pertain to Stacey on the same day Mrs. Lee Annie is to register to vote. Explain what the Logans do.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing TJ Avery's trial. What things might have made the difference in changing the verdict to "not guilty"? Was the judge who presided over the trial impartial? Compare the manner in which TJ's jury was chosen may have differed from the way in which juries are normally chosen. In your mind, was reasonable doubt of TJ's guilt proven?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay describing the relationship Mr. Jamison has with the Logan family. Why was he different than most of the other white people?
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