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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Stacey say would happen to a black person who got caught using the courthouse restrooms or fountain?
(a) They would have to clean the toilets.
(b) They would get in a lot of trouble.
(c) The Sheriff would arrest them.
(d) The white folks would chase them home.

2. Who owns the beat up Ford truck that was parked outside the Barnett's store the night of the murder?
(a) Melvin Sims.
(b) TJ Avery.
(c) RW Sims.
(d) Mr. Macabee.

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 afraid his sharecropper friends will find out and never trust him again.
(c) Papa doesn't need the help because he is expecting a monetary windfall.
(d) Papa is very stubborn and refuses to accept help from anyone.

4. Who was Mr. Barnett?
(a) Mayor of Strawberry.
(b) A store owner.
(c) A high school teacher.
(d) A lawyer.

5. Why is Mr. Jamison the victim of vandalism and threats?
(a) Because he is an outsider.
(b) Because he is a white lawyer representing a black man.
(c) Because no one likes a black lawyer.
(d) Because the black community hates him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are Mr. Wheeler and John Moses trying to do?

3. What surrounds the town?

4. Who returns home wearing an Army uniform?

5. Where is Mama teaching?

Short Essay Questions

1. Based on what you have learned up to Chapter 6, what problems would you say Cousin Bud faces because he married a white woman?

2. How would you analyze Jeremy Sims' actions in the story?

3. Describe the reason Cassie defies her father about playing marbles.

4. Can you interpret Moe's reason for refusing a ride from his landowner's son despite the fact he must walk an hour and a half to and from school each day?

5. Analyze the reason Mama doesn't want Stacey to work the whitewashing job.

6. Explain why you think the Logan children run and hide after they get Mr. Farnsworth's help.

7. Analyze the reaction of finding Doris Ann hanging from a rope, in spite of the obvious fact that Wordell was the reason she did not die.

8. Explain whether you feel Mrs. Barnett is, or is not, a credible witness.

9. What is the reason the sharecroppers and day workers want a union, especially an integrated union?

10. How would you interpret Cousin Bud's reason for wanting his daughter to spend time with the Logan family?

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