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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. Which festival do Evelyn and Renard attend?

2. What did Terry do in high school?

3. In which season is the first section of the book set?

4. What is the name of Evelyn's college?

5. Do Jackie's mama and her Aunt Sybil get along?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What images are the most clear when Jackie reflects upon her previous house?

4. Why is it important that the reader knows Nelson was from a Senegalese family who did not mix race?

5. What does the quotes, "The baby seemed to soften Sybil" (51). mean?

6. Why does Sybil want to quit criminal law?

7. Why does Josephine tell Evelyn she cannot be friends with anyone who wants what she has?

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

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

10. What does Renard mean when he says there are different ways to leave a person?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evelyn defends Renard when Ruby criticizes him. Write an essay explaining what the following quote means and what it reveals about Evelyn's relationship with her sister, "She thought of the weight of her voice when it came out firm" (3).

Essay Topic 2

T.C. is searching for something to make him feel better, and he expresses that selling drugs is soothing to him. Write an essay explaining how and why a stressful, illegal enterprise can feel good to T.C.

Essay Topic 3

T.C. feels a sense of "not-quiteness" (64). and believes that not having been a real Junior has affected him. Write an essay, citing examples from the text, on what that means and why T.C. feels different from other people.

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