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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 Granny's religion?

2. What does Richard do to stop feeling so hungry?

3. What does Ella work as?

4. What does Richard's mother force him to do with the dead kitten?

5. What is the name of the book the school teacher is reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Richard fight his Uncle Tom?

2. What does Richard do with the money he steals?

3. Why does Richard hang the kitten?

4. What awkward question does Richard's prospective white employer ask him?

5. How does Richard's mother punish him for burning down the house?

6. How does Richard cut his ear?

7. Why does Richard develop a bitter association between his father and hunger?

8. What job does Richard find in Chapter 5?

9. Why does Granny beat Richard with a wet towel?

10. What does Richard do after he has read his speech at graduation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Richard develop sympathies towards the Communist Party? How did Wright view Communist ideas later on in life?

Essay Topic 2

Identify the main themes of the book. Why do you think these themes are so important to the book? How does Wright use character and setting to express his themes?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the religious connotations in the book.

1) How does Wright represent black people's relationship with Christianity?

2) Why does Sue change her Christian faith for Communism?

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