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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 old is Little Man?

2. What color is the upholstery in Uncle Hammer’s car?

3. How many brothers does Cassie have?

4. Where did the Logan children’s grandfather learn carpentry?

5. What is Mr. Logan’s first name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What knowledge does Papa Luke have that makes his owners go easy on him?

2. Why don’t the Logan children like wearing the rain gear their mother provides?

3. What is the black school and grounds like?

4. Why was Mr. Morrison fired from the railroad?

5. What does T.J. admire at the Barnett Mercantile?

6. Why does Big Ma go to Strawberry the second Saturday of every month?

7. According to T.J., why did the night riders come around in Chapter 3?

8. Why doesn’t Mrs. Logan want her children at the Wallace store?

9. What does Big Ma look like?

10. Describe Mr. Morrison.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mrs. Logan makes a statement that the whites demand respect, but get only fear in return. What is the difference between the respect that the whites demand and the fear they receive in exchange? Why don’t the black respect the whites? Can respect be demanded to be given?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, blacks have to endure vigilante justice. Why do blacks in the novel live in such fear? Why can’t they defend themselves? What are some instances when blacks are subject to vigilante justice? Why do whites have so much over blacks? Why can’t blacks turn whites in for brutality?

Essay Topic 3

In the 1930s, blacks are treated like second-class citizens. How does the author show how blacks are treated? In what ways are black children treated as inferior? How are adults treated like second-class citizens? What is different about living conditions for whites and blacks that shows that black people are not as important as whites? In what other ways are blacks of lesser rank than whites?

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