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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is sharecropping?
(a) Landowners rent out a piece of their land to farmers.
(b) The share of the crop the bank gets to repay loans they made to the farmers.
(c) Farmers share the crop they have grown that year.
(d) The government pays farmers not to grow crops.

2. What happens when Mama refuses to let Stacey take the job he was offered in Chapter 7?
(a) Mama gives in to him.
(b) Stacey says he will take it anyway.
(c) Stacey speaks disrespectfully to her and then runs off.
(d) Mama washes his mouth out with soap.

3. Why does Papa refuse Mr. Granger's offer?
(a) Mr. Granger's name will be on the country records and he could then claim their land as his own.
(b) Papa is very stubborn and refuses to accept help from anyone.
(c) Papa is afraid his sharecropper friends will find out and never trust him again.
(d) Papa doesn't need the help because he is expecting a monetary windfall.

4. What does the county agent, Mr. Farnsworth, ask the Logans to do?
(a) He asks them to stop their neighbor from trying to steal their land.
(b) To let them know that the government checks will be late.
(c) He tells them they need to plant more crops to get more money.
(d) He asks them to get back into the government program.

5. How does the Sheriff refer to the union that is forming?
(a) An illegal activity.
(b) A negro conspiracy.
(c) A socialist conspiracy.
(d) A big mistake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Lee Annie announce in April?

2. What is Papa's other job?

3. After receiving a copy of the Mississippi constitution, what does Mrs. Lee Annie decide she wants to do?

4. What happens to TJ Avery's appeal for a new trial?

5. Why does Moe Turner walk three hours every weekday?

(see the answer key)

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