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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. Why does Jackie move her bed into the living room?

2. What feeling does Jackie say she cannot get rid of?

3. What is Josephine worried about at dinner?

4. What does Josephine declare at the end of the first section?

5. What is Jackie's position at the nursery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jackie like the most about her new job?

2. Why does Renard believe he would not qualify for a good job if he enlisted in the war efforts?

3. What is Ruby's opinion of Andrew after their first date and why does her opinion change?

4. What has Jackie thought of throughout her life when she has a tough decision to make?

5. How is Evelyn's physical appearance described, and why is this important to the story?

6. Describe Evelyn's adult relationship with her sister Ruby.

7. How does Evelyn feel in Renard's presence?

8. What does Jackie pass on her way to and from her apartment each day?

9. Why does Jackie make fun of her parents?

10. Why does Sybil want to quit criminal law?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

T.C. and Tiger use intense, vulgar language when speaking to each other. Write an essay detailing how their dialogue is authentic and why that authenticity is important to the development of their characters.

Essay Topic 2

Racism is an ongoing theme at the root of Evelyn's story. Write an essay describing what Jim Crow laws are. Include at least one example of how those laws affected Evelyn's family, specifically in the South during the 1940s.

Essay Topic 3

This novel is told from third-person point of view. When an essay explaining the difference between third-person limited and third-person omniscient writing. Why do you think the author chose one over the other?

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