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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 does T.C.'s mama think she has a gift for?

2. Who does T.C. visit first when he gets out of prison?

3. What last name is Alicia going to give the baby?

4. How tall is T.C.?

5. Who does Terry say he worried about when he was on the street?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where and why does Tiger take T.C. to eat when he is released from prison?

2. Jackie wants time to process things according to her own set of values. What does this mean?

3. Why is there so much turmoil in Evelyn's home?

4. What does Evelyn's daddy, Nelson, say Renard could do to be a real hero?

5. What happened to T.C.'s mama's job?

6. What two women does T.C. compare to each other and why?

7. What happens when T.C. goes to visit Bon Bon?

8. Why is T.C. resentful of his Aunt Sybil?

9. What does T.C. hope to do with his life?

10. Why does Sybil talk so poorly about her clients?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining how the Jim Crow era that Evelyn lived through has affected her children and grandchildren as they come of age in their own timelines. Include whether or not racial disparity still exists today.

Essay Topic 2

Jackie has felt chronic grief since Terry left her. Write an essay citing the ways Wilkerson Sexton both subtly and directly shares with the reader that Jackie is in a depression.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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