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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. Who runs the Strawberry Mercantile?

2. What is Cassie making at the beginning of Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 5, how many times does Cassie say she has been to market day?

4. Who is the only white man that calls Big Ma “Missus”?

5. After the bus gets stuck, how long does the driver think the children will have to walk to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why don’t the Logan children like wearing the rain gear their mother provides?

2. Why does Stacey get whipped at school in Chapter 4?

3. Why was Mr. Morrison fired from the railroad?

4. Why is Cassie disappointed when she sees the new readers at school?

5. Describe Mr. Morrison.

6. When do the black children attend school and why?

7. hy does Mr. Avery come to the Logan home at the end of Chapter 3?

8. What does Uncle Hammer look like?

9. Why does Cassie get in trouble at the Barnett Mercantile?

10. In Chapter 4, why does T.J. go back inside the Logan house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many black families felt as though they could not shop in Vicksburg. What economic pressures were put upon black families? How did these economic pressures make it difficult for them to shop anywhere but the Wallace store?

Essay Topic 2

Mrs. Logan makes a statement that the whites demand respect, but get only fear in return. What is the difference between the respect that the whites demand and the fear they receive in exchange? Why don’t the black respect the whites? Can respect be demanded to be given?

Essay Topic 3

Thunder and storms occur in the novel during times of conflict. How often does a thunderstorm occur during a time of crisis? What does thunder symbolize in the novel? Does thunder sometimes foreshadow events to come? What does the title of the novel mean?

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