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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. Who gives Evelyn bigger clothes to wear?

2. What does T.C. remember about his daddy?

3. What surprises Evelyn when she sees her daddy?

4. Why does Alicia kick T.C. out?

5. Who did Jackie lean on when Terry left last time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Evelyn's daddy says she has a "low imagination" because she is settling. Why does this upset her?

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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