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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do they cancel the union meetings?
(a) Dube and Russell suggest it would be safer for everyone.
(b) There is too much farm work to do.
(c) Mr. Wheeler is murdered.
(d) John Moses is found dead.

2. What does Cassie want to do when she hears Mrs. Lee Annie wants to register to vote?
(a) She wants to go along and watch.
(b) She also wants to register to vote.
(c) She wants to talk her out of it.
(d) She wants to talk to Wordell about it.

3. What bad news does the family receive in a letter from Papa?
(a) He is going to a revival closer to where he is working.
(b) That Papa would rather earn more money than to spend time with his family.
(c) That he won't be home for the revival because he is staying with the railroad to earn more money to pay the taxes.
(d) That Papa is taking an extra job and can't come home for the revival.

4. What does Cassie overhear when Papa leaves his bedroom?
(a) Papa talking to Uncle Hammer about Stacey.
(b) Her mother yelling at him to search for her son.
(c) Papa saying he is going for a long walk.
(d) Papa talking to the Sheriff about Stacey and Moe.

5. What happens when Mrs. Lee Annie announces she is going to register to vote in a few days?
(a) Mama insists it is a big mistake.
(b) The women support her decision.
(c) The men are not happy about the news.
(d) Everyone tries to talk her out of it.

6. What does Cassie do when she sees her brother Stacey is changing?
(a) She follows him around.
(b) She tells her mother he is being mean.
(c) She gets angry because he ignores her.
(d) She listens to his phone conversations.

7. What happens to Cassie during canning season?
(a) She gets sick with scarlet fever.
(b) She learns how to do the canning.
(c) She burns herself.
(d) She can't help because she misses Stacey so much.

8. Who does Cassie find sick in the forest?
(a) Christopher-John.
(b) Son Boy.
(c) Little Man.
(d) Wordell.

9. How does Papa describe their family without Stacey?
(a) The family will heal and eventually go on without Stacey.
(b) He and Mama will divorce and the family will be split apart.
(c) The family is a body, and without Stacey they are no longer complete.
(d) The family will divide without Stacey.

10. The Sheriff explains the boys were very sick when they were captured. Who took care of them?
(a) An old black woman named Aunt Mattie Jones.
(b) The Sheriff.
(c) A white nurse from town.
(d) The Sheriff's deputies.

11. Before church, who does Cassie notice watching her cousin Suzella?
(a) Wordell.
(b) Moe.
(c) Jake Willis.
(d) A group of boys.

12. What happens when Mr. Granger tells the crowd that Mrs. Lee Annie is there because she wants to vote?
(a) The crowd gets violent.
(b) The crowd applauds Mr. Lee Annie for her courage.
(c) The crowd starts to throw things.
(d) The crowd is shocked and angered.

13. What do the boys tell them about the job at the plantation?
(a) The job was good, but the conditions were deplorable.
(b) The job paid so poorly, they couldn't pay their hotel bill so they ran away.
(c) It was brutally hard work.
(d) It was hard work, but it paid well.

14. What does Suzella do to try to befriend Cassie?
(a) She offers to let Cassie borrow some of her city dresses.
(b) She offers to do Cassie's hair.
(c) She offers to take Cassie swimming.
(d) She pulls jiggers out of Cassie's feet.

15. What happens during Cassie's illness?
(a) She is put into the hospital's quarantine unit.
(b) She is quarentined in her room for a week where she drifts in and out of consciousness.
(c) She stays in bed in Mr. Morrison's cabin for a week and dreams about Stacey dying.
(d) She is in Mr. Morrison's cabin for two weeks and has dreams of Stacey dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Mrs. Lee Annie tells the secretary at the courthouse she wants to register to vote?

2. What news does Mr. Jamison bring to the family?

3. What does Stacey say about being home?

4. After Cassie vents her anger about Suzella to Wordell, what does he say?

5. From where does Suzella get lessons?

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