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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 is Mr. Logan’s first name?

2. Where does Cassie’s Papa work for the railroad?

3. Where does Mr. Morrison sleep?

4. What time does Big Ma leave for the market?

5. When did Cassie’s Grandpa make a second land purchase?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Big Ma look like?

3. Describe Mr. Morrison.

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. What does T.J. admire at the Barnett Mercantile?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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