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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 the official name of Michael's neighborood?

2. What does Aisha do to the police car in Part II?

3. What does Aisha want to do to try to help Ruth in her grief?

4. What did Francis sometimes do just before he was a teenager when Ruth came home from work?

5. Why does Michael go to find Francis at Desirea's for the first time in Part II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of reputation does Francis have in the neighborhood regarding sex and love?

2. Why do the police bring Francis and Michael home to their apartment one day in Part II?

3. Why does Michael have a particular and new kind of understanding with Aisha in Part II?

4. What is the most significant source of tension between Francis and his mother?

5. What remains in Michael's bedroom that is a constant reminder of Francis for him?

6. Why do Aisha and Michael often end up at the library together?

7. How does Michael feel about his job in Part II?

8. What kind of future does Aisha seem prepared for in Part II?

9. How does Mrs. Henry treat Michael and his mother Ruth?

10. What does Michael think when he sees two people having sex through an open window?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay discussing Francis's and Michael's early experiences of racism in Canadian society.

Essay Topic 2

What does Michael think of Jelly's actions and attitudes when he sees him again for the first time, a good number of years after Francis's death? How does Michael react to Jelly at this time? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Aisha's and Michael's relationship change as a result of Aisha's father's, Samuel, death? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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