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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 does Jackie see in Terry's eyes?

2. What is wrong with Ruby when Renard leaves?

3. How old is T.C.?

4. Who is T.C.'s daddy?

5. How does Jackie feel around her sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Evelyn mean when she says the baby will salvage her?

2. What does Evelyn's daddy, Nelson, say Renard could do to be a real hero?

3. Why is there so much turmoil in Evelyn's home?

4. What does T.C. hope to do with his life?

5. What two women does T.C. compare to each other and why?

6. What does T.C. learn happened with his relatives while he was incarcerated?

7. Why could T.C.'s mama not move out of her trailer?

8. Why is Evelyn surprised that her mama is supportive of her pregnancy?

9. Why was T.C. so happy when he and his mama moved into a house?

10. Why does Jackie have a stressful relationship with Sybil?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"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.

Essay Topic 2

"If you had to convince people who you were, it was too late" (65). Write an essay about this quote. Include who said it and what it means as well as where and why T.C. recalls it.

Essay Topic 3

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

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