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

2. What does Cousin Bud tell them when he arrives?
(a) That he and Suzella's mother are getting a divorce and Suzella is going back to New York to live with her mother.
(b) He is going to divorce Suzella's mother and he wants his daughter to stay with the Logans.
(c) He is taking Suzella to New York so they can go to Time Square on New Year's Eve.
(d) That he is taking Suzella back to New York because he and her mother are going to try to save their marriage.

3. Why did Wordell kill the cat?
(a) He hates cats.
(b) The cat had rabies.
(c) The cat killed the bird he was nursing.
(d) He didn't kill the cat - the dog did.

4. Why does Cassie accuse Suzella of disliking "colored" people?
(a) Because Suzella told her she hates her.
(b) Because Suzella has told everyone she is white.
(c) Because Suzella tried to pass herself off as white to Stuart.
(d) Because Suzella's skin is lighter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Mr. Granger tells the crowd that Mrs. Lee Annie is there because she wants to vote?

2. What does Cassie remember Mrs. Lee Annie telling her about Wordell?

3. What happens when Mrs. Lee Annie announces she is going to register to vote in a few days?

4. Why couldn't Stacey and Moe get away?

5. The Sheriff explains the boys were very sick when they were captured. Who took care of them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when the Logan's discover Stacey is gone.

2. What information does Mr. Jamison have that causes Papa to again begin his search for Stacey?

3. Up to this point in the story, what changes has Cassie observed around her, and why is she so determined to keep things the same?

4. In the final chapter, what does the Sheriff reveal about why he is letting Stacey and Moe go?

5. Explain why Wordell's comments about Cassie's unkind treatment of Suzella matter so much to Cassie.

6. What are the demands of the farmers who arrived in front of the courthouse?

7. Describe the events at the union meeting held at the Wheeler's.

8. What is the significance of the song the family sings on Christmas?

9. When Cassie was sick with scarlet fever, Wordell played his harmonica for her each day. Discuss the reasons why you think he did this.

10. Explain what happens when the Logans arrive in Stokesville.

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