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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. In Chapter 9, on what day of the week do Mr. Logan, Stacey, and Mr. Morrison go to shop in Vicksburg?

2. Who fights the fire alongside Jeremy and his father?

3. What book does Stacey get for Christmas?

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

5. How many vehicles pull into the Avery yard after the Logan children get T.J. home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cassie realize how the fire started?

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

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

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

5. Why does Cassie daydream during class?

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

7. How do Mama and Big Ma prepare to fight the fire?

8. What do the children get for Christmas gifts?

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

10. What does Mr. Morrison do every night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mr. Logan believes that forgiveness and forgetting are two separate things. Does Mr. Logan believe that someone can forgive, but not forget? Why does Mr. Logan have to forget things, but yet, never forgive? What advice does he give Cassie about forgiving and forgetting?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, blacks have to endure vigilante justice. Why do blacks in the novel live in such fear? Why can’t they defend themselves? What are some instances when blacks are subject to vigilante justice? Why do whites have so much over blacks? Why can’t blacks turn whites in for brutality?

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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