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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the trial, what does Mrs. Jim Lee Barnett say she and her husband found when they came downstairs the night her husband was murdered?
(a) Three men with black masks
(b) Their store was ransacked.
(c) Three black men were opening their safe.
(d) Men with flashlights

2. What secret does Cousin Bud reveal?
(a) He is getting a divorce.
(b) He is married to a white woman.
(c) He has a daughter.
(d) He is going to marry a white woman.

3. What does Reverend Gabson say the boys were talking about?
(a) Breaking into the Barnett's store.
(b) A white handled pistol.
(c) Getting an axe.
(d) Skipping school the next day.

4. How was Mr. Barnett killed?
(a) He died trying to save his wife.
(b) He was beaten.
(c) He fell down the stairs.
(d) He was hit on the head with the blunt end of an axe.

5. What happens when Stacey and Little Willie try to get a job at the hospital construction site?
(a) Stacey is offered a job whitewashing for a week.
(b) They are both offered a job whitewashing for a week.
(c) They are both sent away and told not to come back.
(d) Stacey is told he is too weak to do the work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Hammer decide to do?

2. How does Papa describe their family without Stacey?

3. What do the younger brothers tell Stacey and Cassie about their new house guest, Suzella?

4. What does Jeremy give Stacey and Cassie?

5. What do most of the people think of Uncle Hammer's new car when they see it at church on Sunday?

(see the answer key)

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