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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's mother want her to do with her future?

2. What differentiates the Logan family from Jeremy the most?

3. What are the Aames brothers doing in the woods?

4. What motivates Statler's character?

5. What has happened to Moe in the story by the time the reverend has died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the laws in the story and how you think mention of the laws is foreshadowing.

2. Describe the dinner conversation at the Logan home in Chapter 2.

3. What is the author's purpose in the reverend's death?

4. How does the rest of the group react to Clarence joining the military?

5. Describe the relationship between the members of the Logan family.

6. Describe Sissy.

7. What is one difference between the blacks and whites in the story?

8. Describe the racism present in The Road to Memphis.

9. What does Cassie think about Jackson?

10. Describe Sissy's behavior after she determines that she is pregnant.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of Jeremy's friendship with Stacey?What does Jeremy put at stake to be friends with the Logans? Is Jeremy's friendship significant to the plot of the story?

Essay Topic 2

What is the effect of dialect on the story? What does the use of dialect tell the reader about the characters, setting, and time? How would the story differ if dialect was not used as a storytelling technique?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the Logan family so concerned about the war? What will most likely result from the war? How does the Logan family cope with the idea of a war?

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