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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 Sue doing when she realizes someone is in her house?

2. What does Sue say to the people in her house?

3. What does Sue do when Johnny-Boy gets ready to leave the house?

4. What does Sue feel strongly about Johnny-Boy while Reva is there?

5. What is Sue primarily afraid of that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sue feel and what does she tell Booker when he offers to help her?

2. What is the first thing the men do to Johnny-Boy after Sue arrives and why?

3. What does Sue finally decide to do?

4. What does Sue resolve to do as they take her to the sheriff?

5. What does Reva do and what does she ask Sue?

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

7. What does Sue do about the admonishment from the men and what does the sheriff ask her?

8. How does Sue feel about facing down the sheriff and what does she do?

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

10. How does Sue respond to Johnny-Boy's defense?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sue spends the next several hours huddled over her stove contemplating all that has happened. She knows that she will likely never see either of her sons again.

1. Would you consider this a foreshadow? Why or why not?

2. Do you think that Sue's feelings about her son are justified or is it imagination due to a mother's fear? Why or why not?

3. Do you think that most parents worry that something will happen to their child whenever a child leaves the home? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Sue's life thus far has been punctuated by untimely losses; the tragic death of her mother, the untimely death of her husband and Sug's recent incarceration have all combined to essentially strip away everyone that is important to her, except Johnny-Boy.

1. What do you think would be the normal reaction to so much loss in life? Use examples support your answer.

2. Thinking about your life, your parents, siblings and friends, how would your life change if you had lost at least three of those people?

3. Discuss a death you have had in your life or in the life of someone you know.

Essay Topic 3

Sue realizes that she does not fully subscribe to her sons' Communist beliefs, she knows that the Party is extremely important to them.

1. Communism as an ideal seems to be a just and compassionate system of government. The reality is far from the ideal. Why do you think that is true?

2. Do you think that everyone should have access to benefits such as food, clothing, shelter and health care, whether rich or poor? Why or why not?

3. After doing some research of the McCarthy era in America, do you think the U.S. government had the right to persecute people who believed communism was a good system for a society? Why or why not?

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