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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 do Tate and his friends all want desperately in "Double Nigger"?

2. How does Bubba feel about his sister?

3. What is the name of the club in "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"?

4. How do the white men who come to kill Fon die themselves?

5. What does the billboard in "Fon" say?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What famous tragedy do the characters in "The Crossing" reference?

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

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

8. In "Fon," what hits Nillmon's car?

9. What will happen to people who curse the Echo Tree in "Echo Tree"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Dumas treat the topic of music - and its potential power - throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What is Layton Bridges's most fervent wish, and how does Dumas convey it to the reader in the story "Goodbye, Sweetwater"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How and why does Dumas reference true and significant historical events in America's struggles with racism in the story "The Crossing"? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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