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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do they break Johnny-Boy's knees?
2. Where does Booker carry Sue?
3. What is the name of the woods where her son is?
4. Where does Booker say the Sheriff is?
5. Who is where the Sheriff takes her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Sue wakes up with the realization that someone is in her house she goes to the kitchen. The sheriff approaches and tells Sue that he is there to help her.
1. Given the era and setting of this story do you think it is likely the sheriff is telling the truth? Why or why not? Use examples from the story to support your answer.
2. Do you think that most officers of the law are honest, good people? Why or why not? Use examples from your life or knowledge to support your answer.
3. If you woke in the middle of the night and people were in your house, what would you do? Why?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
The fact that the story takes place on a cold, rainy night is significant in that it represents the despair that Sue has endured thus far in her life. It also serves to create an ominous feeling that almost instantly gives the reader a sense that the story is not going to have a good outcome.
1. When you read the description of the weather at the beginning of the story did you have a sense of what the end might hold? Explain why or why not.
2. Do you think the weather was a type of foreshadowing? Why or why not?
3. Explain an ending to the story you might have expected if the beginning of the story had taken place on a warm, sunny day.
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