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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. About what does the woman who sits next to the Fosters complain?

2. Why did Pinkett suggest Charles get a new job?

3. What name does Fredricka prefer not to be called?

4. When do the Germans insist on visiting?

5. What does Thomas use to sell insurances policies?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does this story take place?

2. What does the narrator say that he is enough of a realist to accept?

3. What does Leon say that causes her to call her husband a bigot?

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

5. How does Leon describe his landlady?

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

7. What does Charles do that is unlike Detroit-born mechanics and what does he think will happen as a result of this?

8. What does the narrator say to those who come to him telling him that anything not in the Bible is false?

9. What happens when Charles interrupts his attorney's summation?

10. What does the narrator say great literature has given way to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"A Sense of Story"- Why do you think Charles confessed at the beginning of the story? Do you believe the conflict between Charles and the victim ran deeper? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

"Just Enough for the City" - Why do the evangelists become frustrated with the narrator? How does this story portray the black narrator? Why do you think this way?

Essay Topic 3

"The Faithful" - In this story, the main character views his community (the black community) as being divided by their family origins. Do you agree that family origins can divide a community? Why or why not?

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