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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 do the Logans have for supper in Chapter 9?

2. Who does Cassie see outside her classroom window when she is trying to put paper in the window to stop the draft?

3. What time does Jim Lee Barnett die?

4. After Uncle Hammer goes home, where do Cassie and her papa talk about forgiveness?

5. How long are the Logans supposed to have to finish paying their mortgage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mr. Wiggins want to borrow a planter from the Logans?

2. As spring arrives, what is Cassie eager to do?

3. Why do Mr. Avery and Mr. Lanier decide not to shop in Vicksburg?

4. How does Cassie realize how the fire started?

5. Why does T.J. fail his final examinations?

6. What do the children like to do in August when it is so hot?

7. How does Cassie threaten Lillian Jean when the girl threatens to tell her father that Cassie beat her up?

8. What does Jeremy Simms bring over on Christmas day?

9. Why does Cassie daydream during class?

10. In Chapter 9, why does Mr. Jamison come to talk to Mr. Logan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 1, there are obvious differences between the white school and the black school. Are the differences in the two schools strictly on the surface or do they run deeper? What are the most striking differences? What do the differences reveal about the relationship between blacks and whites during that time?

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

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?

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