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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Mr. Jamison questions several people about the night of Mr. Barnett's death, the testimonies offered also make the actions of which two other people look suspicious?
(a) RW and Melvin Sims.
(b) Jeremy and RW Sims.
(c) Mr. Macabee and Clyde Persons.
(d) Stacy Logan and Melvin Sims.

2. What does Cassie ask Stacey when she finds the sweet gum tree?
(a) She asks him to cut gum out of the tree for everyone.
(b) She asks him to cut some gum out of the tree for Suzella.
(c) She asks him to cut some gum out of the tree for her to chew.
(d) She asks him to let her borrow his knife to cut some gum out of the tree.

3. What news does Mr. Jamison bring to the family?
(a) A cane recruiter said Stacey and Moe quit working the cane fields.
(b) He's talked to a cane recruiter who remembers Stacey.
(c) Stacey has been found.
(d) Information on a cane recruiter.

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

5. What sustains life in this small southern town?
(a) Education.
(b) Water.
(c) Church.
(d) Cotton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moe do when Joe Billy offers him a ride home from school?

2. What happens when Stacey and Little Willie try to get a job at the hospital construction site?

3. What does Cassie inwardly confess about Mrs. Lee Annie?

4. Who is the oldest Logan child?

5. What does Reverend Gabson say the boys were talking about?

(see the answer key)

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