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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 is beat up after their first day at an integrated school?
2. What is Betsey's position in her family?
3. Who does Vida shout at in Chapter 6?
4. What kind of poem are two girls in Betsey's class practicing?
5. What kind of neighborhood does Betsey live in?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Betsey justify Carrie's actions?
2. How do Jane and Vida feel about segregation?
3. How does Carrie incite change in the Brown family?
4. What foreshadowing is present in Chapter 12?
5. How does Jane's talk differ from Carrie's talk?
6. How is it demonstrated that Betsey's childhood is falling away?
7. Why does Jane enjoy the neighborhood that she lives in?
8. In chapter 12, what revelation does Vida have about Carrie?
9. What does Jane fear will happen at the demonstration?
10. How does Betsey feel about white people in Chapter 7?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What finally makes Betsey feel as if she belongs in her family? Who makes her feel special? How does her family change to accommodate her? What final thoughts does she have as the story closes?
Essay Topic 2
Point of view plays a large part in the story. The reader would not have the full story if first-person point of view was used throughout the story. For what reasons is the third-person omniscient point of view important in this particular story? How would the story change in another perspective? Why is this important to consider when telling a story?
Essay Topic 3
In what way do some of the events in the Brown household parallel actual events in the 1950's and 1960's? Look at school segregation, for example. What occurs in Betsey's home that represents the segregation occurring in reality? Why do you think the author chose to represent these historical events in this way?
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