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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 the narrator ask the missionaries to tell him without looking in their Bibles?

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

3. Why does Ginny protect her lucky innocent nature?

4. What do Thomas and Harold think they need to explain to Nelson?

5. Why does Charles's lawyer want his crime to be called manslaughter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Clair talk about during her part of the dinner?

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

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

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 the narrator say that he is enough of a realist to accept?

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

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

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

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

"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?

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