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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. How does Jackie feel around her sister?

2. How do T.C. and Tiger have their hair styled?

3. What does T.C. call Alicia when he sees her?

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

5. Who picks T.C. up from prison?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Evelyn not approach Renard when she goes to his work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evelyn defends Renard when Ruby criticizes him. Write an essay explaining what the following quote means and what it reveals about Evelyn's relationship with her sister, "She thought of the weight of her voice when it came out firm" (3).

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay expanding on the changing housing market issues Black Americans faced during the 60s and 70s. How can integration be unequal?

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