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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. How many acres of land do the Logans own?

2. What was Big Ma’s husband’s name?

3. How many of Mr. Logan’s brothers are dead?

4. Who had come during the summer with an offer to buy trees on Logan land?

5. In Chapter 3, how long has it been since it has rained?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn’t Mrs. Logan want her children at the Wallace store?

2. Why does Big Ma wish they had more low cotton?

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

4. Describe Mr. Morrison.

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

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

7. Why does T.J. go with Big Ma to Strawberry in Chapter 5?

8. What do the Logan children do to the white children’s school bus?

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

10. What is the white school and grounds like?

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

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 3

In Chapter 3, Stacey concocts a plan to get revenge on the white bus drive and bus. Why did Stacey’s plan seem to be successful at first? What made Stacey think that his idea might not have been so good after all? Why do the Logan children regret their act of revenge?

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