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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. Who sets fire to the house in Chapter 2?

2. Which of Anne's relatives also works in the restaurant?

3. What does Essie change her name to in this chapter?

4. Who is killed in this chapter?

5. What does Essie get chosen to be in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Anne's routine in Chapter 13.

2. What event opens Anne's eyes to racial injustice in Chapter 10?

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

4. How is life starting to get tough for the family?

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

6. What terrible event occurs in Chapter 11?

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

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

9. How does Essie get her name changed in Chapter 9?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Moody's character to her mother's character. What are their similarities and differences? What did Anne learn from her mother? How did Anne's mother's situation and personality motivate her?

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