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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Sheriff refer to the union that is forming?

2. Who is the oldest Logan child?

3. What is sharecropping?

4. How large is the Logan farm?

5. Who do Mama and Big Ma think will give Mrs. Lee Annie trouble if she goes through with her plans?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize why a sharecropper can never earn enough money to buy his land.

2. After Papa drops out of the government program, why does he refuse Mr. Granger's offer to pay the added taxes he will now owe?

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

4. List reasons why Mama and Big Ma try to talk Mrs. Lee Annie out of voting.

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

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

7. What is the symbolism of Uncle Hammer's vehicle?

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

9. What is the most important evidence against TJ Avery at his murder trial? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about how the sharecroppers, day workers and poor farmers survived in the novel. In what ways did each family member contribute? What contributions were made by the youngest and oldest members of each family?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the three major themes in the story: family, racism and poverty. How do these subjects relate to one another in the story?

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, describe what Suzella's life might have been like before she came to stay with the Logans and then discuss the ways in which her life changed when she came to live with the Logans. What changes took place within her during that time?

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