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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. Jamison’s first name?

2. How much are day laborers paid for working in the Granger fields?

3. What do Big Ma and Mrs. Logan grab to fight the fire?

4. What subject is Mrs. Logan teaching when members of the school board come to observe her classroom?

5. Which of the Averys is hauled out of the house, knocked to the ground, and kicked?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stacey do with his new coat from Uncle Hammer?

2. How does Cassie realize how the fire started?

3. In Chapter 9, what happens when Mr. Logan, Mr. Morrison, and Stacey go to Vicksburg to shop?

4. Who fights the fire together?

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

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

7. Why doesn’t T.J. get hung in Chapter 11?

8. Why does Cassie daydream during class?

9. What is so special about a revival?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Thunder and storms occur in the novel during times of conflict. How often does a thunderstorm occur during a time of crisis? What does thunder symbolize in the novel? Does thunder sometimes foreshadow events to come? What does the title of the novel mean?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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