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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 Jeremy try to avoid?

2. Which characters run back to the house to get help during the hunt?

3. Which of the following has been a friend to the Logan family since childhood, despite society's pressures?

4. Which word best describes Sissy in Chapter 4?

5. What does Harris buy at the beginning of the story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reaction do the white people in the story have to Harris' suffering?

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

4. How does Statler threaten Cassie?

5. How is dialect used in the story?

6. Describe the relationship between Moe and Cassie.

7. Describe Jeremy's situation as of Chapter 3.

8. What does Cassie think about Jackson?

9. Describe a theme from Chapter 3 and what makes it a theme.

10. Describe Cassie's father.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are real events used to portray the setting and time period? What real events are portrayed? How are these events significant to the book's plot? What is the purpose?

Essay Topic 2

Think about how each character's future will pan out after the story is over. Choose three characters and analyze what will happen to them after the story is over. Explain why.

Essay Topic 3

How is foreshadowing used in the story? What does foreshadowing tell the reader? What are the symbols of foreshadowing in the story?

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