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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 Maggie's husband?

2. Who does RIchard say is the person who encourages him to keep writing?

3. On what level does religion interest Richard?

4. What does Richard reason that an honest living would lead to?

5. Where does the piece of glass cut Richard?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Richard get baptized in Chapter 6?

2. How does Richard respond when his principal demands that he reads his speech for graduation?

3. How do people respond to Richard's ambitions to become a writer in Chapter 7?

4. Why does Richard threaten Addie with a knife in Chapter 4?

5. Why does Richard leave his job in the sawmill?

6. How does Richard cut his ear?

7. What happens when Richard gets a flat tire on his bicycle?

8. How does Richard burn down his grandparents' house?

9. How does Richard's boss respond when Richard tells him he was bitten by his dog?

10. Why can Richard not believe in God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the differences between the North and the South.

1) How did whites treat blacks differently in the South than they did in the North?

2) Why did black people stay in the South when people viewed it as so racist?

3) Why does Richard find life in the North just as unsatisfactory as he found life in the South?

Essay Topic 2

Examine black femininity.

1) In what did the whites oppress black femininity?

2) How did the white man's oppression of black femininity affect black women?

3) How have black women reacted to the oppression of their femininity?

Essay Topic 3

Examine black masculinity.

1) In what ways did the whites oppress black masculinity?

2) How did the white man's oppression of black masculinity affect black men?

3) How have black men reacted to the oppression of their masculinity?

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