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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Silas start throwing out of his house?
(a) Clothes
(b) Furniture
(c) Toys
(d) Food

2. What is the name of the main character in this story?
(a) Billy
(b) Jill
(c) Daisy
(d) Sue

3. Where does Sarah run to in this section?
(a) The hills
(b) The mountains
(c) The forest
(d) The desert

4. What does Taylor accuse Smith of doing?
(a) Devil worship
(b) Calling him boy
(c) Taking over the church
(d) Abusing his position

5. Who does Deacon Smith not want to associate with?
(a) Workers
(b) Communists
(c) Whites
(d) Muslims

6. What do the whites order Taylor to do after they whip him?
(a) Hang himself
(b) Pray
(c) Read passages from the Bible
(d) Denounce God

7. Who visits Taylor in this section?
(a) Deacon Smith
(b) Brother Davie
(c) Deacon Hotbath
(d) Brother Bonds

8. What does Johnny Boy have to do to live?
(a) Confess to murder
(b) Give names
(c) Denounce God
(d) Confess to robbery

9. What does Johnny Boy say he does not believe in?
(a) Christianity
(b) Black and white
(c) Communism
(d) People

10. Who does Taylor demand to talk to at the town hall?
(a) The sheriff
(b) Chief of Police
(c) The mayor
(d) Deacon Smith

11. What kind of music does the salesman play on the graphophone?
(a) Folk music
(b) Blues music
(c) Hymn music
(d) Jazz music

12. Who is at Sue's door?
(a) Sugs
(b) Reva
(c) Booker
(d) The sheriff

13. What does Smith accuse Smith of being?
(a) Scared
(b) Indecisive
(c) Cowardly
(d) No fun

14. What does Sarah say she worries about?
(a) Johnny's health
(b) The number of whites Johnny hires
(c) Reva's health
(d) If dinner is good enough

15. What does Sarah dream she is being dragged into?
(a) A cage
(b) A cave
(c) A car
(d) A hole

Short Answer Questions

1. What two belief systems does Sue say she is stuck between?

2. What is the title of the song Sue sings in this chapter?

3. What does Sue think weakened her?

4. What is the name of the chief of police?

5. Where did Sarah kiss Tom for the first time?

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