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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. As the Logans plan to drive to Stokeville to get information about Stacey, what happens to Mrs. Lee Annie and the Ellis family?
2. How does Cassie feel about Suzella leaving?
3. What do the boys tell them about the job at the plantation?
4. What does Mama tell Cassie when she wakes her up the day they are going to Strawberry?
5. Why are the three boys picking on Cousin Bud?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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.
2. 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?
3. What is the significance of the song the family sings on Christmas?
4. What happens when Mrs. Lee Annie goes to the courthouse to register to vote?
5. What is Suzella's reaction to the news that Stacey has run away?
6. Describe what Stacey says about his experience after leaving home to work in the cane fields.
7. What information does Mr. Jamison have that causes Papa to again begin his search for Stacey?
8. Why is Dube Cross in favor of the union?
9. Explain why the Turners have to tear out part of their crop. Discuss why this is seen as unjust.
10. Describe the events at the union meeting held at the Wheeler's.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the novel, Mrs. Lee Annie was determined to vote. Using the information found in the novel and the handout copy of the Mississippi Constitution which permitted black people to vote, have the students write an essay describing the conditions placed in the constitution that made voting difficult for blacks. How did she overcome these difficulties?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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