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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. What time does Big Ma leave for the market?

2. In Chapter 3, how many inches of dust were on the ground before the rain fell?

3. In Chapter 3, how long has it been since it has rained?

4. When do the Logan children start school?

5. How many hairpins does Mrs. Logan use to keep her hair in a chignon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mr. Morrison.

2. Why does Big Ma wish they had more low cotton?

3. What does Mrs. Logan do when Miss Crocker tells her how Little Man and Cassie rejected their books?

4. hy does Mr. Avery come to the Logan home at the end of Chapter 3?

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

6. What do the Logan children do to the white children’s school bus?

7. Why is Cassie disappointed when she gets to Strawberry?

8. What is the white school and grounds like?

9. In Chapter 4, why does T.J. go back inside the Logan house?

10. What does Big Ma look like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 1, there are obvious differences between the white school and the black school. Are the differences in the two schools strictly on the surface or do they run deeper? What are the most striking differences? What do the differences reveal about the relationship between blacks and whites during that time?

Essay Topic 2

White people thought they were superior to blacks. How did the whites justify their superiority? How did the belief in white superiority translate to mistreatment of blacks? In the novel, did most blacks believe they were inferior to whites?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, the author uses analogies to help explain and describe what is happening. How do analogies help readers visualize what is happening? Why do the analogies make it easier for readers to “see” what is going on? How do the comparisons in the analogies used assist readers?

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