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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 does Reva think about the meeting that's been called?

2. What does Sue tell the Sheriff about the meeting?

3. What does Sue need to do with the clothes in the zinc wash tub?

4. What is the weather like at the opening of Bright and Morning Star?

5. How does Johnny-Boy feel when his mother keeps talking at him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what is Sue certain after she hears what Booker says about the sheriff?

2. What does Sue do when she wakes with someone in her house?

3. What does Reva tell Sue?

4. How does Reva feel about Sue's answers to her questions?

5. What does Johnny-Boy do when he arrives home?

6. What do the men do after Sue shoots her gun and how does she feel in the end?

7. What happens when Booker comes into the clearing?

8. What does the sheriff say to Sue as they come up to him?

9. What is Sue told when she said she'd come for Johnny-Boy's body? How does she respond?

10. What does Booker do when Sue recognizes him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

We also see that, despite her son's beliefs, Sue still feels a great deal of hate and distrust with respect to white people.

1. Do you think Sue's feelings towards white people are justified?

2. Some people call the idea of minorities hating the majority "reverse prejudice." What do you think this means and do you believe it exist?

Essay Topic 2

Sue finally decides to go to the woods with a white sheet to retrieve her son's body.

1. What do you think the white sheet symbolizes in the story?

2. How do you think your mother or father would react in Sue's situation?

3. Why do you think Sue believes her son is dead? Does it seem morbid for a mother to go find her son with a sheet to wrap around his body? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The sheriff then asks Sue where the meeting is supposed to be held. Sue refuses to tell them and so the sheriff once again threatens to kill Johnny-Boy. Despite the fact that she knows her son will almost certainly die, Sue is proud of her defiance, pride and strength.

1. Would you agree that what Sue did was an act of pride and strength? Why or why not?

2. How far would you be willing to go to protect people if you belonged to a group that was against the law? Explain what you would do and why you would chose it.

3. Do you think that Sue being willing to let them kill her son to protect his comrades is the sign of a bad mother? Why or why not?

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