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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 Headeye tell Fish-Hound about the boat they see when they first see it?

2. Who do the white men see near the shacks when they come for Fon?

3. What is Fish-Hound's dog's name?

4. What does Mack do to himself at the end of the story?

5. Who was in the valley of dry bones, according to Headye?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who saves Fon from lynching in "Fon"?

2. What does Layton's flower in "A Boll of Roses" symbolize?

3. In "Rope of Wind," what happens to the prisoner at the end?

4. How does Layton Bridges generally feel in "Goodbye, Sweetwater"?

5. Why does Mack hurt himself at the end of "A Harlem Game"?

6. What is the reason the story "Double Nigger" is so titled?

7. What is Bubba's main objective in "The Crossing"?

8. What does Nillmon intend to do to Fon in "Fon"?

9. Who is Layton waiting for in "Goodbye, Sweetwater"?

10. What is one reason Dumas has the characters constantly joking in "Double Nigger"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Dumas intends for the different tribes and for Sunra to represent in the story "The Metagenesis of Sunra?" Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is the evidence both for and against the conclusion that the character Fon in "Fon" is a supernatural being? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing Dumas's incorporation of the themes of activism, unity, and the interplay between the past and present in the context of Black history in America in the story "Riot or Revolt."

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