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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. On another occasion, who did Sandy see naked?

2. When Sandy asked himself whether a black person should simply endure oppression and wait for heaven like Aunt Hager did, what was his response?

3. Hager dies and a large funeral is held with Tempy's high-class friends and who else?

4. Hager was eulogized in the newspaper as how?

5. Who was with Pansetta?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the worst incident Sandy had to deal with at the hotel?

2. Why does Sandy want to move to Chicago?

3. How does Hager support her beliefs regarding slavery?

4. How does Sandy change when he begins to focus on his education? Is this good or bad?

5. Why is Sandy to avoid lower-class women?

6. How did Tempy change her life?

7. How did Sandy benefit from having the mumps?

8. How is Sandy's hotel job, as mentioned in "Hey, Boy!" bad?

9. What takes place in the Pool Hall? Why?

10. How did reading affect Sandy? Is this good? Why or why not?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aunt Hager dies.

Part 1) Describe the events surrounding Aunt Hager's death. How are the other characters affected by her death? How does her death affect the plot of the story? How different would the story be if she had lived?

Part 2) How important is Aunt Hager to this story? How does she influence those around her? Who is the Aunt Hager in your own life? How does this person compare to Aunt Hager?

Part 3) What is another significant event in this story? How is it significant? How are the characters affected by it? How can you relate to it?

Essay Topic 2

Sandy is told to not trust women.

Part 1) Who tells Sandy not to trust women? Why do they tell him this? What does this reveal about those who told Sandy this? What does it reveal about men at this time? What does it also reveal about women? Would women at this time agree that they are out to trick men? Why or why not? Do you believe that Sandy should beware of women? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does inequality between the sexes and the vast differences in social classes influence the beliefs of these men and the actions of women? If there were more equality, would there be more honesty and trust between men and women? Why or why not?

Part 3) Does Sandy listen to these men? If so, why and how? If not, why not? Does this lack of trust exist today? Explain. Do you trust the opposite sex? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Most of the characters in this story are women.

Part 1) Why might the author have made most of the characters women? What generalization can you make about these women? What generalization can you make about the men in the story? How do the women compare to the men? What does this reveal about the culture of the time and the author?

Part 2) What might this story have been like if most of the characters were men? Would it be different? Why or why not? Why has the author put an importance and an emphasis on women, especially considering the author is a man?

Part 3) Compare these women to the women in your own life. How are they similar? How are they different? What might account for these similarities and differences? Although most of the characters are women, can men relate to these characters? Why or why not?

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