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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. About what does Jack realize she is talking?

2. Where are Jack, Ellie, Tick, and Goldie at the beginning of the scene?

3. What does Jack do when Clara clings to him?

4. Does Cameron suggests that Ellie should be ashamed of what she is doing?

5. What are the people demanding from District Attorney Cameron?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does he do with the telegram? Why does he do this?

2. What does Jack ask of Ellie at the beginning of the scene? What is her response?

3. Describe the confrontation between Cameron and Ellie.

4. How does the play begin?

5. Why does Ellie ask Jack if he feels all right?

6. What speeches do both Brady and Jack make before the fight?

7. Describe the interaction between Jack and the Young Black German Man.

8. How does Jack respond to Smitty?

9. What does Mrs. Jefferson reminisce about Jack?

10. How does Treacher respond to these complaints?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack and Ellie perform scenes from Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Part 1) What is Uncle Tom's Cabin? Why is this significant?

Part 2) What does this performance reveal about Jack? How does it echo events in previous scenes?

Part 3) Is this performance an effective way to indirectly reveal what is happening to Jack's character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Jack's last fight is rigged.

Part 1) How does this come about? Why is this fight rigged?

Part 2) What does this rigged fight symbolize?

Part 3) Why does Jack accept this rigged fight? What does this reveal about his character at this point in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Jack boxes through Round 10 in his last fight.

Part 1) How does this affect others? Why are they affected this way?

Part 2) Why does Jack do this? What does this reveal about him?

Part 3) What does this mean for the bigger picture and the fight between the black and white communities?

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