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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 name of Raymond's sister?

2. How are Ed's younger brothers different from the rest of the family?

3. What does the family not have enough money to buy?

4. What do the whites claim started the fire at the Taplins' house?

5. Where does Essie Mae spend most of her time hiding at school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Essie Mae's initial fears about working in the cotton fields?

4. Why does Essie refuse to eat Miss Ola's food?

5. Describe the working conditions at the chicken factory.

6. What terrible event occurs in Chapter 11?

7. Why does Raymond have to stop farming in Chapter 6?

8. Why does Essie Mae's mother think the house is dangerous in Chapter 2?

9. Describe Anne's routine in Chapter 13.

10. Why does Mama need Raymond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine black femininity.

1) In what way could female Afro Americans be seen as among the oppressed people in America in the first part of the twentieth century?

2) How does Anne use her mother's character to highlight the oppression?

3) What difference did Anne Moody make to Afro American women's lives?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss the values of 1960's.

1) Why did Afro American politics come to the fore during this time ?

2) What significant changes do you think occurred during this period?

3) Does today's society share any values with 1960's America?

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