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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 chased down a Major in a horse race?

2. What did young blacks use in place of "honor"?

3. What was the nickname of the county?

4. Who did Aaron marry?

5. What was the name of Thomas Bauskett's son according to Part 1, Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Tilda Mobley Pou?

2. What happened to Pud in 1924 and what did the Bosket men do?

3. What was the most violent county in the United States according to Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. Where were slaves kept for over a century?

5. How did people react to James?

6. What happened in March 1867?

7. What did Pickens become at the end of Part I, Chapter 2?

8. Who was Miss Kramer?

9. Who was Clifton?

10. What did James do after he took Butch out of school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the warrior ethic and its implications for those living in South Carolina.

Essay Topic 2

Define cycle of violence and discuss the pattern of violence as depicted in the Bosket family.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact of the Jim Crow Laws and how such laws was a sign of a new era of deteriorated race relations.

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