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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the mayor waiting for Taylor?
(a) The church parlor
(b) The kitchen
(c) The bible room
(d) The study

2. Who does Sarah think her husband will kill?
(a) The taxidriver
(b) The salesman
(c) The sheriff
(d) Tom

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

4. What does Taylor say he saw while he was being whipped?
(a) The devil
(b) God
(c) Jesus
(d) The promised land

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smith accuse Smith of being?

2. When does the salesman say he will come back?

3. What does Sue hope that Booker is not?

4. What does Deacon Smith blame Taylor for?

5. What does the salesman try to sell to Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Taylor say in his speech?

2. How do the men break Johnny's knees?

3. What idea does Sue have in Chapter 25?

4. How does the sheriff break Johnny's ear drum?

5. How does Sue react to the white men in her kitchen?

6. What is Johnny-Boy doing in Chapter 21?

7. What does Brother Bond say has happened to the Communists?

8. How does Sarah know Tom?

9. What does Pastor Dan Taylor think about at the beginning of Chapter 17?

10. Describe the confrontation between Silas and the white men in Chapter 16.

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