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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 guards the blackbird?

2. Who does Layton like in "A Boll of Roses"?

3. Who is the dead brother in "Echo Tree"?

4. In "Ark of Bones," who follows Fish-Hound?

5. Who does Layton live with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What seems to be the purpose of the work the men on the ark do in "Ark of Bones"?

2. Where does Headeye go in "Ark of Bones" at the end of the story?

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

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

5. In "A Harlem Game," how does Mack's father treat him?

6. In "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," what instrument does Probe play and how did he get it?

7. What happens to the white people who talk their way into the club to hear Probe in "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"?

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

9. How does Layton Bridges generally feel 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

How does Dumas expose the supposed power of the echo tree through the dialogue between the two main characters in the story "Echo Tree"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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."

Essay Topic 3

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.

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