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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Logans begin their search at the Turner farm. What do they learn when they get there?
(a) Stacey and Moe went to the construction site of the new hospital for work.
(b) Moe Turner tells them he hasn't seen Stacey.
(c) Stacey has been hiding in the Turner's barn.
(d) Moe Turner is also missing.

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

3. What happens on the way to saying good-bye to Mrs. Lee Annie?
(a) Stuart and Joe Billy ask them to pull over.
(b) Stuart, Joe Billy and Pierceson ask them to pull over.
(c) Stuart, Joe Billy and Pierceson run them off the road.
(d) Stuart and Pierceson block the road so they have to stop.

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

5. Who arrives to stop Stuart, Joe Billy and Pierceson from picking on Cousin Bud?
(a) Uncle Hammer.
(b) Mr. Morrison.
(c) Dube.
(d) Papa.

6. What does Stacey give Cassie before he leaves home?
(a) His promise to spend more time with her.
(b) A good-bye note.
(c) His share of the cotton money.
(d) His knife.

7. What does Wordell do while Cassie is sick?
(a) He plays his harmonica for her every day.
(b) He cries while waiting for her to get well.
(c) He sits outside her window and sings.
(d) He gets a job to help the Logan family.

8. What does Papa tell Cassie to do about Stacey's absence?
(a) Stop worrying; Stacey is old enough to make his own decisions.
(b) She will eventually forget her brother.
(c) Have faith that Stacey will return.
(d) Tell all her friends to keep looking for Stacey.

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

10. What happens when Jake Willis offers a gift to Suzella?
(a) Papa refuses the gift.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Papa says Jake is too old for such a young girl.
(d) Papa says Suzella is too young to be courted.

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

12. How long did they work before Stacey decided to go home?
(a) Fifteen weeks.
(b) 120 days.
(c) Ten weeks.
(d) Six months.

13. Who takes an instant liking to Suzella?
(a) Russell.
(b) Dube.
(c) Stuart.
(d) Moe.

14. What does the Sheriff say about the way the landowners treat the cane workers?
(a) He disagrees with the way they treat the workers.
(b) He believes the cane workers need to form a union.
(c) He thinks the landowners need to let the workers have more breaks.
(d) He agrees that the cane workers are lazy.

15. Why does Cassie attack Mary Lou Wellever?
(a) Mary Lou won't tell where Stacey is.
(b) Mary Lou talks bad about Stacey.
(c) She doesn't like Mary Lou.
(d) Mary Lou says Stacey is probably dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Papa do when he hears the news?

2. Why is Mr. Wheeler organizing a meeting?

3. What happens when Suzella enrolls in the Mississippi school system?

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

5. When Papa cries, what does he say he is afraid of?

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