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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 old is Lillian Jean?

2. In Chapter 8, how many weeks until T.J. and Stacey have final exams?

3. What place did Cassie achieve after the examinations?

4. What percentage has Mr. Granger increased what he wants from Mr. Avery and Mr. Lanier for the cotton crop in Chapter 9?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened to T.J.?

5. What can Cassie smell cooking Christmas morning?

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

7. What do the Logan children see after they get T.J. home?

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

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

10. What does Mr. Logan do when he hears about T.J. and that Stacey is still up in the woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Logan makes a statement that the whites demand respect, but get only fear in return. What is the difference between the respect that the whites demand and the fear they receive in exchange? Why don’t the black respect the whites? Can respect be demanded to be given?

Essay Topic 2

For Christmas, Stacey and Cassie receive books written by Alexandre Dumas. Why did Mr. Logan choose those books? What do the books represent to Mr. Logan? To Mrs. Logan? To the children? What do the books symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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