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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 Thomas use to sell insurances policies?

2. Why does Harold say that his prices have to be higher in some stores than others?

3. What does the speaker say that everything has?

4. What does Daniel warn Paul about his daughter?

5. Why is Paul attracted to Ginny?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Leon describe his landlady?

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

9. What are the Foster's doing because it was recommended and because they are tired of tourism?

10. Describe the Redeemer's friends as he sees them.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Elbow Room"-In what ways is race discussed in this story? Why do you think this story was placed last in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

"The Story of a Dead Man" - In what way are the two main characters in this story alike? In what ways are they different? Why do you think one would become an accomplished liar? What would make a person become an accomplished liar?

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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