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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. What suggestion does Mike offer to Beth?

2. What color hair does Cindy have?

3. What positive thing does Frannie recall about Bobby?

4. Going forward, Frannie feels that as Beth Crenshaw she will be ___________________.

5. From where does Patty Bancroft call Beth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can Beth not entertain ideas of what a life without Bobby might have meant for her?

2. Who does Robert befriend as soon as they move into the duplex?

3. What is Frannie's new identity?

4. What is the nature of Beth's encounter with Mike Riordan in the grocery store?

5. What is Beth's new job and why is she relieved to have it?

6. What does Beth do to make the duplex a little more homey?

7. Why does Beth worry that Robert may be more like Bobby than she would like him to be?

8. How does Beth begin to feel about Mike as their friendship deepens?

9. What details does Beth have to drill into Robert prior to his going to school?

10. Who is Patty Bancroft and why does she do the work she does?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the book's title? What are some other possible titles for the book. List at least five and cite your reasons for each.

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Robert. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about Robert?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the role of the family in BLACK AND BLUE. What does it mean for each of the main characters? How does the concept of family evolve in Beth and Robert's situation as they find other people who fill the typical family roles?

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