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

3. From whom did Mr. Logan and Uncle Hammer used to steal watermelons?

4. Which of the Logan children help get T.J. back home?

5. How many townspeople help put out the fire?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to T.J.?

3. How does Jeremy say that R.W. and Melvin treat T.J.?

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

5. What happened to Mr. Morrison’s family?

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

7. How was Mrs. Logan able to go to teacher training school?

8. What is so special about a revival?

9. Why does Cassie think that Stacey feels responsible for T.J.?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Most black families, including the Logans, grow cotton. Why is it so important for the Logans to grow cotton? What does cotton symbolize for the Logans? What benefits do the Logans gain from growing cotton? What do most black families gain from their cotton crops? How are the benefits the Logans gain from their cotton crop different from what other black gain from growing cotton?

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