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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 propose they do at the bus depot?

2. In what part of New Orleans does Anne secure a job?

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

4. To what college does Anne get a scholarship?

5. What city does Anne go to in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Leonara have to leave the plantation where she lived?

3. How does Emma change after her injury?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Anne's strong personality help her at her new college?

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 events in Moody's early life influenced her decision to become a leading proponent in the Civil Rights Movement? How different do the students think Moody's life would been if she had not grown up in poverty?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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