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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 Suzella enrolls in the Mississippi school system?

2. What happens when Mrs. Lee Annie tells the secretary at the courthouse she wants to register to vote?

3. What does Stacey say about being home?

4. Why does Russell call Mrs. Ellis, Mama and Cassie out of the courtroom while Mrs. Lee Annie takes her test?

5. The Sheriff explains the boys were very sick when they were captured. Who took care of them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what must Cassie be feeling as she watches the impact Stacey's running away has on her family?

2. What is Suzella's reaction to the news that Stacey has run away?

3. Explain why Wordell's comments about Cassie's unkind treatment of Suzella matter so much to Cassie.

4. When Cassie was sick with scarlet fever, Wordell played his harmonica for her each day. Discuss the reasons why you think he did this.

5. Describe what Stacey says about his experience after leaving home to work in the cane fields.

6. What information do the Logans get about Stacey?

7. List several of the reasons Stacey wants to get a job, even if doing so is against the wishes of his family.

8. Explain what happens when the Logans arrive in Stokesville.

9. Why is Dube Cross in favor of the union?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the unfair treatment of the sharecroppers and day workers in the novel. The following questions must be answered: In what ways were the sharecroppers and day workers mistreated? Who mistreated them? Why were they mistreated?

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 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."

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