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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. How did Renard's mother die?

2. What is Evelyn's brother's name?

3. Why does Evelyn think she is better than Ruby?

4. What couple does Jackie wish her relationship mirrored?

5. Who do people tell Jackie she looks like a light-skinned version of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Nelson Junior is said to read backwards. What do you think that means?

2. How did Jackie's mama and Aunt Ruby differ in their parenting styles?

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

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

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

6. What can the reader infer from the statement that Evelyn has tried to muffle herself her whole life?

7. Evelyn says that Renard completes her. What example does she give?

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

9. How does Terry's addiction affect Jackie?

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

Women are a larger part of the workforce in the 1986 story timeline. Write an essay expounding on what Jackie's father, Renard, means when he says that women are mad about not being able to mind their own children.

Essay Topic 2

Sybil oozes wealth. Write an essay detailing why Jackie and her mother no longer feel close to Sybil once she is a successful lawyer.

Essay Topic 3

"If you had to convince people who you were, it was too late" (65). Write an essay about this quote. Include who said it and what it means as well as where and why T.C. recalls it.

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