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

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

3. What does Ruth give the baby to play with?
(a) A doll
(b) A teddy bear
(c) A wooden spoon
(d) A broken clock

4. Who does Taylor think has always owned the whole world?
(a) Negros
(b) Jews
(c) Africans
(d) Whites

5. What do the sheriff's men throw over Sue?
(a) Milk
(b) Hot oil
(c) Tar
(d) Hot water

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Johnny Boy say he does not believe in?

2. Why does Sue not trust Booker?

3. What does Sarah think she is lucky to have?

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

5. What is the name of Taylor's son?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Sarah stop her baby from crying in Chapter 14?

6. What does Taylor instruct his wife to do in Chapter 18?

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

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

9. What problems does Sue have with Booker in Chapter 24?

10. What does Sue worry about in Chapter 22?

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