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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. What kind of speech impediment does Renard have?

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

3. What does Renard site as hypocrisy in the war?

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

5. What is wrong with the neighborhood school's sign?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Jackie make fun of her parents?

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

4. Why does Sybil want to quit criminal law?

5. Why does Jackie feel Sybil is being condescending when Sybil kisses her cheek?

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

7. Why did people not believe that Sybil would go to law school?

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

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

10. Describe Sybil's appearance. Why does it bother Jackie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

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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