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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 does Anne celebrate in this chapter?

2. Who do Anne and Lenora throw a party for in this chapter?

3. Who turns Anne away?

4. Why is Anne worried about attending Tougaloo?

5. Where does Anne's father take Emma in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

7. How is Samuel O'Quinn murdered?

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

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

10. How does Emma change after her injury?

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

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Moody use character and setting to express her themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

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