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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 kind of job does Anne get in Baton Rouge in this chapter?

2. For what does Miss Claiborne give Essie $12?

3. Why does Essie not want to work in the fields?

4. What subject does Anne teach Wayne and his friends?

5. Who sets fire to the house in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Essie's old, tight-fitting clothes benefit her in Chapter 8?

2. Why does Mama need Raymond?

3. Why does Essie Mae like the house in Chapter 3 the best?

4. In what way is life getting better for Essie and her family in Chapter 4?

5. What does Essie Mae think of the Centreville Bapist Church?

6. Why is Anne disgusted with the work at the chicken factory?

7. Why does Mama decide to change churches in Chapter 5?

8. How does Anne take her mind off what is happening in Centreville?

9. What rumors spread about who started the fire in Chapter 11?

10. Why does Anne fear for her life in Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the famous people Anne Moody depicts in the book and examine his/her impact on the Civil Rights Movement.

1) What were his/her beliefs?

2) How did he/she communicate their beleifs to the nature?

3) What impact did he/she have on the Civil Rights movement?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Moody's upbringing and write 500 words about how her upbringing molded her into the strong and pro active person that she became.

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Moody uses other people in the story to express her ideas.

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