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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 primarily afraid of that night?

2. What does Sue tell Johnny-Boy about Reva?

3. What does Sue think Johnny-Boy has done wrong regarding the party?

4. What is one of the most consistent situations we read about in Sue's life?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sue reply when the men ask her why she is there?

2. What does the sheriff do when Sue doesn't respond to his second request?

3. What did Sue's mother instill in her and how was that tested?

4. What does Johnny-Boy do when Sue is standing near him?

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

6. What happens when Booker comes into the clearing?

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

8. How does Johnny-Boy feel about his mother pushing him?

9. What is the weather like in the beginning of this story and what is Sue thinking about as she looks out the window?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

While it may seem inconceivable for a mother to stand by and watch her son be tortured, Sue knows that the emotional pain her son would feel if the other members of the party were seized would be far greater. And so, out of love for her son, she stands quietly by and does not respond to the sheriff's demands.

1. Do you think Sue was right or wrong to worry about her son's emotional pain? Why or why not?

2. How does Sue demonstrate her strength as she stands by while her son is tortured?

3. Do you think you could have done what Sue did? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Another character we meet in this section is a young woman named Reva. We don't learn very much about her here or in the rest of the story, only that she is white and in love with Johnny-Boy.

1. How do you think a relationship between a African American man and white woman would have caused problems in the era in which this story takes place?

2. Do you think that inter-racial relationships are more accepted today than when this story took place? Why or why not?

3. With some research find a true incident in history of a African American man and white woman marriage and what happened in their lives.

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