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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 does the mob light the house with?
(a) Tar
(b) Gasoline
(c) Oil
(d) Lighter fluid

2. Who does Johnny Boy go out to warn?
(a) His brother
(b) The sheriff
(c) His comrades
(d) Reva

3. Which of Taylor's guests will he talk to first?
(a) Hadley and Green
(b) The mayor
(c) Deacon Smith
(d) May

4. What does Chief Bruden greet Taylor as?
(a) Boy
(b) Mister
(c) Sir
(d) Pastor

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sheriff ask Sue?

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

3. What is the name of the main character in this story?

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

5. What are the name of the two communists Taylor has to meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Johnny say he believes in in this chapter?

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

3. What are Hadley and Green worried about in Chapter 18?

4. How does Sarah know Tom?

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

6. What do the white men do to Taylor while he lies in the car?

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

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

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

10. Why does Silas enter the room in a good mood in this chapter?

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