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

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

3. What is Sue doing when she hears a knock at the door?
(a) Knitting
(b) Cooking
(c) Sleeping
(d) Reading

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

5. Who does Sue shoot through the sheet?
(a) Johnny-Boy
(b) Sugs
(c) The sheriff
(d) Booker

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mayor describe both himself and Taylor as?

2. Which of Taylor's guests will he talk to first?

3. What do the sheriff's men throw over Sue?

4. What is the name of Sue's son?

5. What is the only thing Sue can see in the distance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Silas get angry in Chapter 15?

2. Describe the confrontation between Sue and the sheriff in Chapter 23.

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

4. What does Taylor say in his speech?

5. What idea does Sue have in Chapter 25?

6. What does Sue see when she first gains consciousness?

7. What does Taylor say about his past in Chapter 17?

8. What does Sue worry about in Chapter 22?

9. What does Taylor imagine having the strength to do in Chapter 19?

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

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