Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Minnie first react to moving abroad?
2. What does Minnie miss about colored people?
3. What does the reader discover about Sophie's past?
4. How does Sophie show her appreciation to Wil for fixing her fence?
5. Sophie will accept Frank as long as __________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Frank beat Minnie to a dreadful state in Act 2, Scene 3? What does he get out of it?
2. Frank consistently hits Minnie but what boundary does he overstep when Minnie tells him she will not sell her land?
3. On previous occasions, Frank shows a little bit of guilt when he is aggressive with Minnie. What causes Frank to beat Minnie so badly and still be able to haughtily talk to Sophie as if he never hurt her?
4. What is Frank so proud of about his life in London, and why?
5. When Minnie greets her sisters, she mentions that Frank is talking to a man from the train, "a white man" she adds. Why does Minnie add this remark of a white man?
6. What does a woman have to consider in addition to her love before she leaves a husband? How does this affect Minnie and the people she knows?
7. Why does Minnie hand the deed over to Sophie when she retrieves it?
8. Describe Sophie, Fannie, and Minnie's ritual after their dinner.
9. Sophie and Fannie give Minnie a deed to a third of the property for her 21st birthday. How do Minnie and Frank react to the gift?
10. Why is it important that Fannie be the one to serve Frank the apple pie?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Miss Leah remarks that everything they do is all for the children. How and why are children so important to Miss Leah?
Essay Topic 2
Research and discuss plantation life as seen in the eyes of a slave. Compare this to what Miss Leah's early life was like.
Essay Topic 3
Ethnic pride is a monumental topic in "Flying West." Explain why ethnic pride is so important in general and why in the black community in particular.
|
This section contains 1,112 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
