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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 feeling does Jackie say she cannot get rid of?

2. Who is the face of the Just Say No movement?

3. Why is Renard harassed by a police officer at City Park?

4. What does Nelson accuse Josephine of?

5. In which season is the first section of the book set?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sybil's appearance. Why does it bother Jackie?

2. Evelyn says that Renard completes her. What example does she give?

3. What does Renard mean when he says there are different ways to leave a person?

4. Why does Renard believe he would not qualify for a good job if he enlisted in the war efforts?

5. What can the reader infer from the statement that Evelyn has tried to muffle herself her whole life?

6. How is Evelyn's physical appearance described, and why is this important to the story?

7. Why does Jackie feel Sybil is being condescending when Sybil kisses her cheek?

8. Why is it important that the reader knows Nelson was from a Senegalese family who did not mix race?

9. How do Ruby's food choices relate to her emotions?

10. Why did people not believe that Sybil would go to law school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sybil oozes wealth. Write an essay detailing why Jackie and her mother no longer feel close to Sybil once she is a successful lawyer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining how the Jim Crow era that Evelyn lived through has affected her children and grandchildren as they come of age in their own timelines. Include whether or not racial disparity still exists today.

Essay Topic 3

"Freedom and its expansive nature convinced you it could last forever" (69). Write an essay explaining how this rumination of T.C.'s does or does not affect the choices he makes when he is released from prison.

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