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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 do Jackie and Terry do at City Park?

2. What does Evelyn see when she goes to Renard's work?

3. Why did T.C. go to prison the second time?

4. When did T.C. start selling drugs?

5. Where does T.C. live?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why could T.C.'s mama not move out of her trailer?

2. What does Evelyn mean when she says the baby will salvage her?

3. What is Evelyn's outlook on her pregnancy?

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

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

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

7. What will happen if T.C. gets busted again?

8. What happened to T.C.'s uncle who went by the name Brother?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evelyn describes her sister Ruby as having anxiety. Write an essay explaining what anxiety is and how it manifests in different people. Include examples from the book showing both of the sisters' temperaments.

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

Write an essay on the significance of Nancy Reagan, an affluent white woman, posing with a young black child on a Just Say No billboard in the housing projects.

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