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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. Where is the first place Renard is stationed?

2. What is Renard's reaction to Nelson's real opinion of him?

3. What does T.C. say is the one thing he is good at?

4. What did T.C. get made fun of for being?

5. How did T.C. lose his scholarship?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was T.C. so happy when he and his mama moved into a house?

3. What does T.C. learn happened with his relatives while he was incarcerated?

4. What state is T.C.'s mama in when he shows up after he is released from prison?

5. How does Renard show Evelyn he is thinking of her from overseas?

6. Why is Evelyn surprised that her mama is supportive of her pregnancy?

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

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

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

10. What did T.C. do when he lost his scholarship to LSU?

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

Write an essay highlighting the different eras shown through the novel's three timelines. Include how the political movements and social issues affect each of the protagonists and their families.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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