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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. How old was Big Ma when she got married?

3. In Chapter 3, who is most bothered when the Logan children are splashed by the Jefferson Davis bus on rainy days?

4. What color is Mr. Granger’s car?

5. By Chapter 5, how many times has Stacey gone to market day?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What knowledge does Papa Luke have that makes his owners go easy on him?

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

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

5. What does Big Ma look like?

6. Describe Mr. Morrison.

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

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

9. Why does Big Ma go to Strawberry the second Saturday of every month?

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

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

The incident with John Berry and his brother and uncle reveal how powerless blacks are. What are some other incidents that show the lack of power blacks had? Why couldn’t blacks like the Berrys defend themselves? Why didn’t the law step in to protect the blacks?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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