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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 Sue do when she quits ironing?

2. What does Sue feel about Johnny-Boy after dinner?

3. What does Sue do when Johnny-Boy dozes off?

4. What does Sue feel in her face?

5. What does the sheriff ask Sue?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the sheriff ask Sue and what is her reply? What does the sheriff do after she replies to him?

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

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

5. What happens to Sue first in the kitchen when she confronts who is in her house?

6. How did life feel to Sue after Sug was arrested?

7. How do the other men with the sheriff respond to what she says to him?

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

9. What opinion does Sue express to her son about his work?

10. Why can't Sue quit worrying about her son?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As the crowbar breaks his legs, Johnny-Boy turns his face away from his mother. A few moments later, he turns back to her and asks her to leave.

1. Why do you think Johnny-Boy turned his face away from his mother?

2. Why do you think Johnny-Boy asks Sue to leave?

3. Do you think Sue should have done as her son asked? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

As we have suspected from nearly the beginning of the story, Johnny-Boy is killed. The death of Sue, on the other hand, comes as a bit of a surprise.

1. Were you surprised when Sue was killed? Why or why not?

2. Do you think Sue's death was foreshadowed in the story? Why or why not? Use examples from the story to support your answer.

3. Do you think the death of Sue and her son could have happened in the present time? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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