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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 does Socrates follow home?

2. Who does Socrates say kept most of the reward money?

3. Who wakes Socrates up from his dream?

4. What does Burke want Socrates to get for him?

5. Who does Socrates decide has posted himself as leader?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Darryl react when Socrates takes him to live with the MacDaniels?

2. How does Socrates help Roland when he is dying?

3. Why does Socrates stay at home during the riots?

4. What does Socrates do with the reward money?

5. What does Bruce tell Socrates he would do if he knew a man that had murdered two people?

6. Why does Socrates blame businessmen for corruption?

7. Why does Socrates think that Ponzelle started the fire?

8. What does Socrates think about the dog paw prints around him when he wakes up on the beach?

9. Why can Socrates not wave goodbye to Right?

10. What does the bus driver tell Socrates about the lives of colored people?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1990s? How does Mosley express these concerns?

2) How would Mosley change the novel if it were set in today's society?

Essay Topic 2

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Socrate's life:

1) Theresa

2) Darryl

3) His mother

4) Muriel

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mosley's life. In what way are his life and personality is reflected in the book? Where could he have learned about the world of espionage? In what ways is he like or unlike Socrates?

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