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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sue looks at her wounded son, what does she wish?
(a) She could kill all the men there.
(b) She could save him.
(c) She could shoot him so he felt no more pain.
(d) She hadn't come to see this.

2. What race is the person standing over her?
(a) Hispanic.
(b) Negro.
(c) Chinese.
(d) White.

3. Who is where the Sheriff takes her?
(a) Her son laid out on a table dead.
(b) Her son in a cell.
(c) Her son handcuffed to the backseat door.
(d) Her son lying in the mud.

4. Is giving Booker the names likely to change the outcome?
(a) No since Johnny-Boy is already in custody.
(b) Yes because Johnny-Boy escaped before the Sheriff learns anything.
(c) Yes because Johnny-Boy dies before the Sheriff learns anything.
(d) No since the Sheriff already found Sue's black book.

5. What is ironic about Sue's encounter with Booker versus that with the Sheriff?
(a) Nothing.
(b) She is weak in the encounter with Booker.
(c) She is just as strong-willed in both encounters.
(d) She trusts a layman rather than the law.

6. As Sue regains consciousness, what does she hear?
(a) Her name being called.
(b) Wailing.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) Sirens.

7. In this chapter, several things are foreshadowed, a term that means...?
(a) When the sun goes behind a really large cloud.
(b) Something that gives a hint of something to come.
(c) The repeating of words of the same consonent.
(d) Giving false clues to throw off the reader.

8. The beating of Sue is an example of racism. What is racism?
(a) The belief in God's favor to humankind over other species.
(b) The belief in the superioity of one race over another.
(c) The knowledge that some races are genetically better than others.
(d) The belief in the genetic value of all races.

9. Why does Sue feel the way she does about Booker's offer?
(a) She isn't sure she can trust him.
(b) She knows she can't do it.
(c) She thinks he is manipulating her.
(d) She wonders if the others will be ok with it.

10. What is the name of the person standing over her?
(a) James.
(b) Lydall.
(c) Booker.
(d) Tyndall.

11. What does Sue do before she leaves?
(a) Goes to the barn.
(b) Goes to Johnny-Boy's room.
(c) Goes out to the garden.
(d) Goes to the basement.

12. What does Reva ask about Johnny-Boy?
(a) If he is still alive.
(b) If he has come home.
(c) If he is really a communist.
(d) If he fled the state.

13. How does Booker make Sue give up resistance?
(a) He pulls a gun on her.
(b) He injects her with drugs.
(c) He pretends he does not care one way or the other.
(d) He continues to press her.

14. What motivates Sue to do what she is contemplating?
(a) She thinks her son needs salvation.
(b) She is not sure herself.
(c) She thinks it's the only way to redemn her mistake in telling Booker the names.
(d) She believes the Sheriff is evil.

15. How does Booker learn the names of the party member?
(a) He calls Sue's contact.
(b) He finds her address book.
(c) He says and name and Sue responds.
(d) He goes to the meeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Sue want to wait for Booker?

2. What does Sue almost do?

3. Who interrupts Sue's thoughts?

4. What does Booker need in order to do what he offers to do?

5. How does Reva think things will turn out?

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