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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 did Charles harm?

2. Who does Harold consult to help him with strategy?

3. What do the people chant?

4. In what month did Ginny and Paul get married?

5. What does Clair have a command of that Louis admires?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ruth want to advise Harold to do and what does she do instead?

2. How does Charles seem to others and what does this lead people to think about the events that lead to his trial?

3. When Mrs. Richards bets a woman is fattening Louis up for the fry, about what does Louis think?

4. What does Harold's wife, Ruth, demand he do and if he doesn't follow through, what does she say will happen?

5. What is the first parable about the narrator shares?

6. Where does this story take place?

7. What makes Eunice wonder about the hotel's breakfast calls?

8. What is Harold Green caught doing that angers people in the community?

9. Who is Nelson Reed and what does he become?

10. How does Leon describe his landlady?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Why I like Country Music" - What role does love play in this story? In what way are stereotypes developed through this story? What role does one's culture during their formative years play into understanding others?

Essay Topic 2

"Problems of Art" - In what way does this story deal with the fate of blacks in a white-controlled judicial system? Do you believe Mrs. Farragot was wise to insist on a white attorney? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

"A Sense of Story" - In this story the judge demands that the rules of society apply to people of all races equally. Why was this a new concept? Do you think a judge would need to demand this today? Do you believe there is still racial inequality in the judicial system? Why or why not?

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