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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 luggage does Claude take on the bus when he leaves for college?

2. What does Chester Dexter do for a living after he is injured his sophomore year at Ohio State?

3. How many Black reporters are there on the Prairie Executioner?

4. When Simone and Claude are jogging and arguing, what does she say him from in "The Prairie Executioner #2"?

5. in "Denial and Acceptance," where is Claude accepted to college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chester Dexter try to persuade Janice to do in "Ohio"?

2. What does the sociology professor want students to call him, and how many students call him by his preferred name?

3. In "Reunion," what does Janice look like?

4. What meeting does Claude's RA have in "Icebreaker"?

5. Why does Claude try to call Janice in "Interlude"?

6. How does Claude describe the stop the bus makes in Springfield?

7. In "Sociology #1," what does Claude feel about conversations on campus as he walks to the journalism office?

8. At the end of "Ohio," what does Paul tell Claude after dinner about leaving?

9. What routes does the bus take that Claude rides to Missouri and what does Claude see?

10. What is the conversation when Claude gets an acceptance letter from Missouri?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Grandma and Paul encourage Claude and Janice to be independent. How do Grandma and Paul encourage Claude and Janice to be independent? What are the benefits of being raised to be independent? How do Claude and Janice benefit from the way that Grand and Paul raised them to be independent?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

There is a riot between the police and the Redbelters. How does the riot start? How violent is the riot? How does the violence affect the humanity of the participants—the police and the Redbelters?

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