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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 Cassie overhear when Papa leaves his bedroom?
2. What happens when Mrs. Lee Annie tells the secretary at the courthouse she wants to register to vote?
3. What does Mama tell Cassie when she wakes her up the day they are going to Strawberry?
4. Why wouldn't the plantation owner pay the boys when they asked to leave?
5. Who accuses Dube Cross of helping with the union?
Short Essay Questions
1. What impact does the arrival of Suzella have on Cassie?
2. What information do the Logans get about Stacey?
3. List several of the reasons Stacey wants to get a job, even if doing so is against the wishes of his family.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Why do the three young men humiliate Cousin Bud? Are their actions considered hypocritical?
7. How does the ending of the story relate the title, "Will the Circle be Unbroken?"?
8. Explain what happens when the Logans arrive in Stokesville.
9. What are the demands of the farmers who arrived in front of the courthouse?
10. Describe what happens when the Logan's discover Stacey is gone.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about the questions raised in the minds of the characters regarding the injustices that are taking place. What answers are found in the story? What questions are unanswered?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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