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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 is Mr Chinn walking with in this chapter?

2. With what does Keemp impress Anne?

3. What does Anne learn after she buys the new clothes for the girls?

4. What is the name of the couple Anne meets in Canton?

5. Why is Anne worried about attending Tougaloo?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What ruins Anne's graduation?

5. How does Anne try to make a good impression at her new college?

6. How have Anne's ideas changed by the end of the book?

7. How does Emma change after her injury?

8. How does Anne spend her first paycheck?

9. How is Samuel O'Quinn murdered?

10. Describe Anne's first night in New Orleans in Chapter 27.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Moody's writing style. How would you describe her prose style? What kind of vocabulary does she use? Does she use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Moody's style give to her story?

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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