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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 the only other black person in the car?

2. How does Anne encourage blacks to vote?

3. What impresses Anne about her new college?

4. Whose is Clift's sister?

5. What does Anne hope to earn enough money for in New Orleans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the differences between canvassing in New Orleans and canvassing in Mississippi?

2. In what way are Anne and her friends discriminated against in Chapter 21?

3. In what way does life get better for Anne on campus in Chapter 19?

4. What is college like for Anne?

5. How does Anne's mother respond to her joining the NAACP?

6. What ruins Anne's graduation?

7. How does Anne's life change at the beginning of Chapter 18?

8. Why is the car ride with Reverend King so tense?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How do Anne's Christian beliefs influence her approach to fighting racism? How does Anne's approach change when she lost her faith?

Essay Topic 3

What major events had a profound affect on Moody's life and how did they change her? What does Moody still have to learn by the end of the book?

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