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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 is the name of Sue's son?
(a) Big Boy
(b) Dick
(c) Johnny Boy
(d) Geoff

2. What kind of music does the salesman play on the graphophone?
(a) Folk music
(b) Blues music
(c) Hymn music
(d) Jazz music

3. What does Sue remember the sheriff saying to get for her son?
(a) A gog
(b) A gun
(c) A sheet
(d) A bible

4. Who does Taylor demand to talk to at the town hall?
(a) Chief of Police
(b) Deacon Smith
(c) The mayor
(d) The sheriff

5. What does Sue give her son before he leaves?
(a) A rabbit's foot
(b) Money
(c) Clothes
(d) A hug

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the salesman try to sell to Sarah?

2. What does Sue think weakened her?

3. What do the whites order Taylor to do after they whip him?

4. What does Deacon Smith blame Taylor for?

5. What is dragging Sarah into the hole?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the confrontation between Silas and the white men in Chapter 16.

2. What does Brother Bond say has happened to the Communists?

3. What does Taylor imagine having the strength to do in Chapter 19?

4. What does Taylor say in his speech?

5. How does Sarah know Tom?

6. What does Taylor instruct his wife to do in Chapter 18?

7. What problems does Sue have with Booker in Chapter 24?

8. What idea does Sue have in Chapter 25?

9. What are Hadley and Green worried about in Chapter 18?

10. Why does Silas get angry in Chapter 15?

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