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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 color is Big Ma’s skin?

2. How many miles does Big Ma have to drive to get to the market?

3. How old is Stacey?

4. Who is Big Ma?

5. From whom did Grandfather Logan buy his land?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Uncle Hammer look like?

2. Why is there a man-made gap in the forest that the Logans own?

3. What does Mrs. Logan do when Miss Crocker tells her how Little Man and Cassie rejected their books?

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

5. What happened to John Henry Berry and his family?

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

7. Why is Cassie disappointed when she gets to Strawberry?

8. What is the white school and grounds like?

9. What does Uncle Hammer do when he hears how Mr. Simms treated Cassie?

10. According to T.J., why did the night riders come around in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Throughout Chapter 5, Cassie experiences cruelty and injustice. What types of injustice does Cassie suffer? Why do these incidents bother Cassie so? What does Cassie learn about fairness in Chapter 5?

Essay Topic 3

Mrs. Logan was fired from her teaching job. On the surface, what appeared to be reasons why the members of the school board fired her? What underlying reasons might have contributed to her losing her job? Was T.J. totally responsible for the board’s investigation?

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