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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. Where are the Kings leaving for at the end of this chapter?

2. What does Mr. Hicks coach?

3. What is the name of Anne's professor?

4. What day is Anne going to celebrate with Dave?

5. What is the name of the only other black person in the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Anne spend her first paycheck?

2. How does O'Quinn's death affect Anne?

3. How does President Kennedy's death affect Anne?

4. Describe Mr and Mrs Chinn.

5. How does Anne show her strong nature when she joins the basketball team in Chapter 17?

6. How does Emma change after her injury?

7. How does Anne encourage people to vote in Chapter 23?

8. What turns Anne away from God in Chapter 25?

9. What happens to Anne and her friend at the bus depot?

10. How does Keemp and Anne's relationship develop?

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

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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