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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. Why does Jackie want to keep Terry's return a secret?
2. Where was Tiger locked up?
3. What is T.C. ashamed of from his early adolescence?
4. What is the name of the prison T.C. was in?
5. Which of T.C.'s friends died in Katrina?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why could T.C.'s mama not move out of her trailer?
2. Why is T.C. resentful of his Aunt Sybil?
3. What does Evelyn's daddy, Nelson, say Renard could do to be a real hero?
4. What does T.C. learn happened with his relatives while he was incarcerated?
5. What does Evelyn mean when she says the baby will salvage her?
6. Who helped raise T.C. and how did it affect him?
7. Why does Evelyn not approach Renard when she goes to his work?
8. How did T.C. injure himself?
9. What two women does T.C. compare to each other and why?
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
T.C. feels a sense of "not-quiteness" (64). and believes that not having been a real Junior has affected him. Write an essay, citing examples from the text, on what that means and why T.C. feels different from other people.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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).
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