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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 is the name of the woman youth minister in "Stop Playing"?

2. What color is Dez wearing when Sobechi meets her in "Samson and the Delilahs"?

3. When Dante prepares a steam bath, what herb does he put in the water?

4. What plantation is John Carver on in "Whoa!"`

5. How long has it been since Lucas and Keri broke up at the beginning of "Stop Playing"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Samson and the Delilahs," how does Sobechi describe Desiree when he meets her?

2. How does Keri meet Brandon and spend time with him in "Stop Playing"?

3. In "Kissing Sarah Smith," how does Grandma Rose feel when Annabelle and Devon show up at her place?

4. What feud does Tank's family have and why in "Wild Horses, WIld Hearts"?

5. In "Gravity," where are Clara and her family living since they came from Trinidad to the U.S.?

6. What does Sobechi wear when he competes on the debate team in "Samson and the Delilahs"?

7. What happened to Devon's mother in May in "Kissing Sarah Smith"?

8. What does Madeline do in the attic in "The Trouble with Drowning"?

9. What did Dante's great-grandmother give him and how does he use it?

10. In "Gravity," how does Clara deal with a guy she is dancing with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dante sees a vision of a slave from the 19th century in a basin of water. What does Dante’s vision of a slave from the 19th century reveal about the differences between Blacks at that time and Blacks in Dante’s world?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of “Black Enough” is a theme in the stories "Black Enough," "Warning: Color May Fade," and "Oreo.” How is the theme of Black Enough woven through these stories? What is revealed about social constructs through the development of this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective is “The Trouble with Drowning” told? How does Clayton use that perspective and accumulation to reveal who Madeline is and what happened to her? How does accumulation advance the plot and provide important details to readers?

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