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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 much older was Big Ma’s husband than she was?

2. When do the Logan children start school?

3. What color is Mr. Granger’s car?

4. What is the name of the black woman who tells Cassie to be quiet when Cassie is angry that she isn’t being waited on at the store?

5. What is Uncle Hammer wearing at the beginning of Chapter 6?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Mrs. Logan, why did Mr. Simms push Cassie?

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

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

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

5. What does Big Ma tell Little Man when he keeps complaining because the black children don’t have a bust to take them to school?

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

7. What is the white school and grounds like?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

White people thought they were superior to blacks. How did the whites justify their superiority? How did the belief in white superiority translate to mistreatment of blacks? In the novel, did most blacks believe they were inferior to whites?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, the author uses analogies to help explain and describe what is happening. How do analogies help readers visualize what is happening? Why do the analogies make it easier for readers to “see” what is going on? How do the comparisons in the analogies used assist readers?

Essay Topic 3

Though they are brothers, David and Hammer Logan are unalike in many ways. Are David and Hammer alike physically or emotionally? In what ways are the two men most different from one another? How do their differences color their reactions to events that happen? Are the men alike in any ways?

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