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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 do Anne's school friends call her?

2. What is the name of Raymond's mother?

3. What city does Anne go to in this chapter?

4. Who does Anne begin to work for in this chapter?

5. What does Essie love hearing at Centreville Church?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the house Raymond builds in Chapter 4.

3. How does the family earn enough money for new school clothes?

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

5. In what way is Linda kind to Essie in Chapter 7?

6. Why does Mama need Raymond?

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

8. What terrible event occurs in Chapter 11?

9. Describe Essie Mae's early life.

10. How does Mrs. Burke react to Anne's comments on school integration?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did President Kennedy represent great hope for Afro-Americans? How did his death affect the Afro-American community? How do you think things would have been different if President Kennedy had lived?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss with the students first person point of view. Why do the students think first person point of view is not necessarily reliable? What moments in the book do the students think are not so reliable and why? With the students discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using the first person.

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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