Black Boy Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Black Boy Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who throws Richard out of the May Day parade?

2. Which two characters go to Chicago first?

3. What is the name of Miss Moss' daughter?

4. What is Wright fearful of doing at work?

5. Where does Richard wait in line in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richard realize as he stands in line at the relief station?

2. What problems does Richard face as publicity agent for the Federal Negro Theater?

3. Why does Richard find Chicago so startling?

4. In what way does Richard's situation take a turn for the worse when the Great Depression hits America?

5. Why don't Southern people like it when blacks move to Northern cities?

6. Why do the black Communists mock Richard?

7. Who was Marcus Garvey?

8. How do Richard's co-workers react when he tells them he is moving North?

9. Why does Bill terrify Richard?

10. How do Richard's white co-workers in the cafe shock him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick one of the following characters and examine his/her influence on molding Richard's character.

1) Richard's mother

2) Richard's father

3) Richard's grandmother

4) Aunt Maggie

5) Alan

Essay Topic 2

Examine the beatings Richard's family inflicted upon him. Why did Richard's family beat him so much? What effect did the beatings have on him? Why were such beating typical of that time period?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the connotations of the word "nigger."

1) What is its original meaning and what has it come to mean?

2) Why is it now considered so wrong to use?

3) Do you think the word has become too powerful?

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